Brazil ferry wrecks August 25, 2017 by shameen The body of one of the victims of a boat wreck, after a ferry sank off the northeastern state of Bahia, is loaded at the Maritime Terminal of Salvador, Bahia State, on August 24, 2017. The boat Cavalo Marinho I, with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. / AFP PHOTO / LUCIO TAVORA Meire Reis, a survivor from a boat wreck, after a ferry sank off the northeastern state of Bahia, speaks with the press at the Maritime Terminal of Salvador, Bahia State, on August 24, 2017. The boat Cavalo Marinho I, with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. / AFP PHOTO / LUCIO TAVORA View of the boat Cavalo Marinho I that wrecked earlier today near the Itaparica island, Bahia State, Brazil, stranded in a coral reef, on August 24, 2017. The boat with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. / AFP PHOTO / LUCIO TAVORA Brazilian Navy members search for victims following a boat wreck near the Itaparica island, Bahia State, Brazil, on August 24, 2017. The boat with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. / AFP PHOTO / LUCIO TAVORA Wreck of the boat Cavalo Marinho I that suffered an accident in the morning today in the Todos Os Santos Bay near of the Itaparica island, Bahia State, Brazil, stucked in a coral reef, on August 24, 2017. The boat with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. The boat with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. / AFP PHOTO / LUCIO TAVORA A Brazilian Navy boat carrying bodies of a boat wreck, after a ferry sank off the northeastern state of Bahia, arrives at the Maritime Terminal of Salvador, Bahia State, on August 24, 2017. The boat Cavalo Marinho I, with 129 passengers on board, wrecked after casting off from Itaparica island leaving so far 22 bodies collected in the area of the accident. The death tolls from two separate ferry wrecks in Brazil surged on Thursday, with 41 people killed overall. / AFP PHOTO / LUCIO TAVORA