ATHENS, Greece — Italian and Greek military and coast guard rescue crews battled gale-force winds and massive waves Sunday, as they struggled to rescue hundreds of people trapped on a burning ferry adrift between Italy and Albania. At least one person died and two were injured.
The Greek Coast Guard tweeted that 172 of the 478 people on the ferry had been evacuated by Sunday night, according to a Google translation, more than 15 hours after the fire erupted.
Στους 172 έχει ανέλθει μέχρι στιγμής ο αριθμός των διασωθέντων από το Norman Atlantic
— Α/ΛΣ - ΕΛΑΚΤ (@HCoastGuard) December 28, 2014
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