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3 Testimonies Page 28<br />

Witness 28a 29 30 32 33 34<br />

Name P10 P8 C3 P19 P24<br />

Source SPF SPF SPF SPF SPF SPF<br />

Date 29.09.1994 typed 03.10.1994 01.10.1994 01.10.1994 02.10.1994 02.10.1994<br />

PAX / Crew P P P Crew, Musician P P<br />

Cabin 4602 ??? 6119 770 on Deck 7 6107 Deck 5, 5503???<br />

01:28<br />

01:29<br />

01:30<br />

01:31<br />

01:32<br />

01:33<br />

01:34<br />

01:35<br />

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01:46<br />

01:47<br />

01:48<br />

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01:50<br />

01:51<br />

01:52<br />

01:53<br />

01:54<br />

01:55<br />

01:56<br />

01:57<br />

01:58<br />

01:59<br />

02:00<br />

02:01<br />

02:02<br />

02:03<br />

02:04<br />

Comments<br />

ferry sank bow<br />

first, didn't hear<br />

any alarm, but<br />

something like a<br />

doorbell<br />

works on a<br />

shipyard and<br />

owned a boat. He<br />

heard 3 bangs<br />

within 2 min. He<br />

described the<br />

sound <strong>of</strong> the<br />

bangs like strokes<br />

with a hammer, he<br />

means to locate<br />

the noise from the<br />

bow on Portside,<br />

he said the ferry<br />

roll not much, but<br />

pitched in head<br />

seas<br />

he didn't see how<br />

the <strong>Estonia</strong> sank<br />

2 short bell<br />

signals were<br />

heard,<br />

announcement by<br />

loudspeaker were<br />

heard but on<br />

<strong>Estonia</strong>n, ship<br />

sank by aft, a<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer named<br />

Vasil acted in a<br />

very pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

way brought may<br />

lift rafts into the<br />

water<br />

she is not able to<br />

give any<br />

particulars about<br />

the time<br />

sequence, was<br />

some time<br />

unconscious, she<br />

woke up on a life<br />

raft, she did not<br />

see how the ship<br />

sank, saw not<br />

lifeboats or life<br />

rafts before<br />

heard a bang and<br />

lights went <strong>of</strong>f, it<br />

came back and<br />

went finally out,<br />

stand on the<br />

ship’s side, beside<br />

him a life raft and<br />

grabbed a rope<br />

and slid with the<br />

raft into the water,<br />

two men heaved<br />

him inside<br />

heard no<br />

announcements,<br />

smelled nothing<br />

unusual, saw no<br />

water entering the<br />

ship, he didn’t see<br />

how the ship sank

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