A total of 23 people have so far been pulled from the water alive off Sulawesi island, where a passenger ferry carrying 118 people ran into trouble in a violent storm late Saturday, transport ministry spokesman J.A. Barata said.
A search vessel found 19 people alive on Sunday morning in the choppy sea -- where wave heights have reached five metres (16 feet), hindering rescue efforts -- but two bodies were also retrieved.
“Two children died,” Barata said in a statement, without further details provided.
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