Some on cruise ship may be unregistered

[maddezmom]

AP) GIGLIO, Italy — Unregistered passengers might have been aboard the stricken cruise liner that capsized off this Tuscan island, a top rescue official said Sunday, raising the possibility that the number of missing might be higher than previously announced.


Divers, meanwhile, pulled out a woman's body from the capsized Costa Concordia on Sunday, raising to 13 the number of people dead in the Jan. 13 accident.


Civil protection official Francesca Maffini told reporters the victim was wearing a life vest and was found in the rear of a submerged portion of a ship by a team of fire department divers. The unidentified body was being removed from the ship.


Earlier, Italian authorities raised the possibility that the real number of the missing was unknown because some unregistered passengers might have been aboard. As of Sunday, 19 people are listed as missing, but that number could be higher.

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[southernyankeebelle]

1. Good lord how can something like that happen?

[liberal N proud]

2. How doesthis happen in this modern world?

This captain and crew have some serious questions to answer.

[Nye Bevan]

3. Is that a euphemism for "stowaway"? (nt)

[obamanut2012]

4. Or for "buddies of the Captain and the Officers"

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. That would be a nice perk of a cruise job, come to think of it.

Empty rooms? Fill them with friends of the management. No worry about someone showing up in the middle of the night to check in like a normal hotel.

......unless the ship sinks.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. My first thought: euphemism for "prostitute"

Extra profit for the captain and officers.