Stranded truck drivers pulled from burning Greek ferry

By COSTAS KANTOURIS, DEREK GATOPOULOS and FRANCES D’EMILIO
Associated Press

CORFU, Greece (AP) — Rescue specialists boarded a burning ferry in Greece to free two truck drivers who had been stranded inside the vessel for more than 15 hours, but hope was fading for 11 others who were reported missing. The rescuers descended from a helicopter onto the ship on Friday through thick clouds of smoke to eventually locate the two men inside the Euroferry Olympia ferry who had spent hours on a parking deck waiting for help.  The coast guard said 278 passengers and crew had been rescued earlier in the day from a fire that engulfed the Italy-bound ferry near the Greek island of Corfu.