Indonesian rescuers stand on the deck of

Rembang, INDONESIA: Indonesian rescuers stand on the deck of a boat as they transport survivors of a ferry accident to Rembang District Seaport in Central Java, 30 December 2006. Survivors of an Indonesian ferry disaster described how panic spread among the hundreds of passengers as the ship rocked violently in stormy conditions before sinking. More than 500 people were missing after the "Senopati Nusantara" (Archipelago Commander) sank in a storm off the coast of Java, where search and rescue efforts were called off due to rough seas. Some 59 people have been rescued so far, and most were being treated in hospital in Rembang, northeast of Semarang, the ferry's destination. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)