
A Zhabei district official (bottom right) at the headquarters of Xiehe Travel Agency Tuesday addresses anxious families of local tourists who were aboard a capsized passenger ship. Out of 458 passengers, 97 travelers, many elderly, were from Shanghai. The ship sank after getting caught in a cyclone Monday night in the Hubei section of the Yangtze River. Fifteen people have been rescued from the sunken ship as of Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Yang Hui/GT