Rescuers mourn for victims of a capsized tourist ship during an official memorial service near the capsized Eastern Star tourist ship in Jianli, Hubei province, China on June 7, 2015. -EPA
JIANLI, China: Salvage and rescue personnel bowed their heads on Sunday morning as ship horns blared in tribute to the victims of China’s worst shipping disaster in nearly seven decades after the death toll reached 431.
The solemn ceremony was held in remembrance of those who died and were still missing after the “Eastern Star” cruise ship carrying 456 people capsized late Monday on the Yangtze River in a storm.
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