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MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine air force helicopter on Monday plucked to safety a woman who drifted for about 30 hours in choppy seas after the ferry sinking that left nine dead. Only one of the nearly 1,000 people on board is unaccounted for.
Lita Casumlum, 39, was found bobbing in large waves with a life jacket about 8 miles from where the 7,269- ton Superferry 9 sank Sunday. Though she was weak and could hardly speak, Casumlum was upbeat and joked with reporters, telling them she had lost money at sea but found two small crabs in her pocket after her rescue.
