KARAMATA, Greece – Rescue workers transferred the bodies of migrants who died in a maritime disaster in southern Greece to refrigerated trucks as a massive search for possible survivors continued on Thursday. Hundreds of people are still missing. A day earlier, a fishing boat full of migrants en route to Italy from Libya capsized and sank in deep waters off the coast of Greece, recovering the bodies of at least 78 people. 4,444 rescue workers rescued 104 passengers, including Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis, Afghans and Palestinians, but officials fear hundreds more could be trapped below decks. ing. If confirmed, this tragedy would be one of the worst on record in the Central Mediterranean. Authorities revised the number of confirmed deaths from 79 after an overnight body count.
