Nine team members on a cargo ship in Taiwan realized they had not enough time to reach their living ship as their ship began to rapidly plunge into the water.
They made the decision to leap off the ship and group up against one another.
On Thursday evening, Taiwan’s shoreline guard announced that one of the organizations- made up of four Myanmar citizens- had been found. The ship’s commander was afterwards discovered dead on Friday, and four others are still missing.
They had all been working on the Tanzania-flagged Fu Shun, which capsized after Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on the island.
The vessel capsized at about 05: 45 local time on Thursday ( 21: 45 GMT Wednesday ).
The nine people from Myanmar said they had split into two groups: one of five and the other of four.
Although all of them were wearing life vests, the survivors claimed to have watched as three of their colleagues from another group had their coats swept away by great waves.
The ship’s captain’s body was later discovered by search and rescue personnel at around 06 :55 on Friday, according to reports from the agency. The additional four members of his party are also unaccounted for.
The Chinese Coast Guard after assisted the various two individuals in a later stage of the city’s coast by rescuing them at a later location of the state’s coast. Two of the victims were discovered by visitors on a beach in Kaohsiung at around 16 :00 and taken to a police station.
One of the survivors claimed to have swum backwards to get a neck bag containing his card before “living on the shore” for the rest of his life.
Another called his family and burst out crying; he afterwards told the seacoast shield that his wife and mother had assumed his death after reading the news on Thursday.
Prior to now, authorities had predicted that rescue efforts were hampered by the great waves and rough waters.
The beach guard staff tends to injuries to the survivors ‘ arms and legs while the individuals are seen in photos covered in scarves and towels for warmth.
Eight different cargo ships, each carrying 79 team people, are also stranded in the stormy waters. The staff are protected, said Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council, adding that it is making effort to prevent possible oil pours.
After causing at least 21 deaths in Taiwan and the Philippines and causing a road of death in Gaemi, which was downgraded to a tropical cyclone on Thursday night, Gaemi was downgraded to a tropical storm.
On Thursday night, the wind made its second land in Fujian province, southeast of China.
On Friday, almost 300, 000 persons were evacuated and the use of public transportation was suspended throughout eastern China.