July 15, 2025 12:37 PM
Indonesia rescues 11 who swam for hours to survive boat capsize
Indonesian rescuers found alive on Tuesday 11 people missing at sea who had survived a boat capsize in bad weather by swimming for at least six hours to the nearest island, officials said. Two boats and dozens of rescuers hunted for those missing after the boat with 18 aboard overturned off the Mentawai Islands in the province of West Sumatra at about 11 a.m. on Monday, regional officials said. "It was raining hard when the incident happened," island official Rinto Wardana told Reuters. "Some ...