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Georgian priest who died in ferry disaster praised for heroic rescue effort

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(Photo by Italian Navy.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A witness has told how a Georgian priest helped save people before he himself perished in the Norman Atlantic disaster.

Father Ilia Kartozia reinforced other passengers’ confidence, which aided in the evacuation of the doomed ferry, Irakli, a Georgian survivor,

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Eight Georgians among passangers of ferry that caught fire in Adriatic Sea

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(Photo by Italian Navy.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A ferry which caught fire on December 28 in the Adriatic Sea, was carrying eight Georgian citizens. According to Italian media there were 478 people on the ferry, including the crew.

At least eight people have been killed in the fire aboard MS Norman Atlantic

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