Cries for help heard from capsized boat in China's Yangtze River

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Rescuers in southern China were racing to rescue people Tuesday after hearing cries for help from the wreckage of a passenger ship that capsized in a storm the previous night with 458 people, many of them elderly, on board.

Five passengers were confirmed to have died and hundreds more were feared dead in the accident, which occurred at approximately 9:38 p.m. local time Monday (9:38 a.m. ET) during a a cruise from Nanjing to the southwestern city of Chongqing. Divers on Tuesday pulled three people alive from inside the capsized ship, bringing the tally of those brought to safety to 15, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that the ship's captain and chief engineer were among those rescued. Fox News