Relatives grievously ask the owner of the Pacific 01 ship to urgently search for the 9 missing Nghe An fishermen.

Nghe An coastal villagers cry, anxiously waiting for news of 9 missing fishermen

(Baonghean.vn) - Among the 9 Nghe An sailors missing at sea and not yet found, there are cases of both father and son, and siblings in the same family.

Many days have passed, the whereabouts of 9 missing crew members at sea have not been found, making the victims' families extremely worried and in pain. They cannot bear it when time passes without results in the search and rescue of the crew members. On the morning of July 1, the victims' families in the sunken ship incident, through the People's Committee of Tien Thuy commune, requested the authorities to take drastic measures to search for the missing crew members.

Relatives of the crew members also demanded responsibility from the owner of the cargo ship Pacific 01. Because before that, the leaders of the International Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company (headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City), the owner of the cargo ship Pacific 01, signed a commitment with the people and local authorities to start deploying divers to work from 4:00 a.m. on July 1. However, information from survivors of the shipwreck reported to the relatives of the fishermen: until the morning of July 1, divers had not yet arrived at the scene as promised.

Mr. Nguyen Van Cong - a relative of missing crew member Nguyen Tuan Phong said: "It has been nearly 4 days, at the scene there is only a rescue ship of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) and a number of fishing boats of fishermen circling around the scene. According to the commitment signed between the people and the owner of the Pacific ship, divers will be sent to search this morning (July 1), however, we received information from the surviving crew members that there are no divers present at the scene yet."

Relatives of the missing crew members requested that the owner of the cargo ship Pacific 01 be responsible for searching for the missing victims and compensating for the damages caused. Photo: Viet Hung

Mr. Ho Khac Hung - a relative of crew member Ho Ba Hoang also requested the district and province to take stronger measures to impose higher responsibilities on the International Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company - owner of the cargo ship Pacific 01; especially urgently salvaging and searching for the 9 missing fishermen at all costs.

“Not having found our loved ones, I, like many families of missing crew members, feel like we are sitting on a bed of fire, our hearts are broken, and we cannot live in peace. Every day we wait for the search results, even though there is only a glimmer of hope, we still pray for their safety,” Mr. Hung said.

Relatives wait for news searching for crew members. Photo: Viet Hung

In order to share and encourage the families, leaders of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district were also present to provide more information about the search process for the 9 missing fishermen. Mr. Dang Ngoc Binh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quynh Luu district said that after receiving information about the fishermen in distress, Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh - Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee contacted the Office of the National Committee for Incident Response, Natural Disasters and Search and Rescue, the Forward Command Center for Rescue in Hai Phong and other coordinating forces to quickly search for the 9 missing fishermen.

“The district’s responsibility is to require the company to fulfill its commitment to hire divers to search for the missing victims as soon as possible. At the same time, it is responsible for compensating for human and property damage according to the law,” Mr. Dang Ngoc Binh added.

On the afternoon of July 1, the funeral of sailor Nguyen Van Hoa took place; hundreds of people mourned and saw the victim off to his resting place. Photo: Viet Hung

On the same afternoon, the funeral of sailor Nguyen Van Hoa in Phong Thai village was held. From the beginning to the end of the alley, the color of mourning cloth covered the entire coastal village. In the face of this great pain, hundreds of relatives and neighbors sent the unfortunate victim to his final resting place.