Kyrenia ferry disaster: Horror moment 12-year-old daughter let go of mum's hand

Eight people have died and 20 are missing after a ferry capsized after leaving the port of Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus for Tasucu, in Turkey

Parents recount desperate attempts to save their children after a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus on 30 August.

"She was saying, 'Don't let go'. And I didn't let go of my daughter. I swear, I didn't let her go," Ayten Bicer sobbed.

Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people.

Mother tells how daughter slipped away in north Cyprus ferry disaster  Reuters

By Mehmet Emin Caliskan KYRENIA, Cyprus, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people. Her daughter Miray, and 6-year-old son Mehmet Asaf, were among nearly 20 people still missing on Monda

KYRENIA, Cyprus, Aug 31 - Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people.