Cypriot ferry disaster survivors reveal panic aboard sinking ship

Survivors of a ferry disaster off the coast of northern Cyprus that killed eight people have described moments of terror as they scrambled to escape the sinking vessel.The passengers spoke as rescue teams searched for 18 people still missing since the ship carrying 267 passengers and crew capsized after leaving Kyrenia, a port in northern Cyprus, for Tasucu in Turkey on Sunday afternoon.Serkan Kunduraci, who escaped the sinking ferry by hauling himself through a broken window, said he saw children and others drowning in the sea some four nautical miles off the Cypriot coast.“I saw some who didn’t know how to swim die in the sea,” he told the DHA news agency.“There were those who, in a panic, didn’t grab life jackets. Some jumped (into the sea) immediately out of fear. There was an old man,