Boy saved after 36 hours in sea

A SIX-year-old boy has been found alive after spending up to 36 hours in the Red Sea on his own following the sinking of a ferry with the loss of as many as 1,000 lives.

Mohammed Hassan was plucked to safety after a prolonged ordeal in the water. He found himself separated from his parents, who were missing, presumed drowned, in the chaos as the ferry, al-Salaam Boccaccio 98, sank on Friday. Read on.