Divers Find Bodies From Sunken Ferry

As birds of prey circled overhead, rescuers wearing masks against the stench of death hauled in on Friday the bloated bodies of those who perished in Lake Victoria’s worst maritime accident.

Divers were working in shifts to carve open the hull and gain access to the hundreds of bodies of victims who were trapped below deck when the ferry suddenly went down.

Three days after the MV Bukoba sank, 92 bodies, including those of two children, floated free in the turquoise waters and were hauled into boats with ropes. In all, 120 bodies have been collected from the accident, in which at least 549 people died.