| This is Egypt, where Mr. Wife almost was arrested for taking a photo of the soldiers standing guard near the Mena House hotel, their sandals and rifles both held together with duct tape, where he had to clean out all the mummified desert rat skeletons from his factory equipment during the start-up debug because no one bothered to look before, and it took the local staff months to notice that the reason his chemicals had not yet arrived is that no one had actually placed his order — and they were the best of Egypt’s best: Mr. Wife got the workers at a local chemical supplier to wear steel-toed shoes by telling them the spilt chemicals on the floor would cause impotence when absorbed through bare feet, but he never did get them to cover the huge hole in the mezzanine floor with anything sturdier than a piece of cardboard so it couldn’t be seen. Inshallah maintenance is the best case there — I wouldn’t trust my life to their equipment on a bet. The culture has changed a great deal since they built the pyramids. |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] At least six people have died after a submarine carrying dozens of tourists sank off the coast of Egypt.
A further nine have been injured, four critically, in the disaster which happened around a kilometre off the holiday resort of Hurghada this morning.
The tourist submarine, named Sindbad, had been carrying around 44 international passengers, including children, at the time of the sinking, which took place off the marina of the Sindbad Club Hotel.
Rescue services have so far managed to save 29 people, according to a statement released by the Red Sea governorate.
Egyptian officials have said at least six are dead while Moscow's embassy in Cairo says all passengers were Russian with four of its citizens among the deceased.
According to Russian media, the death toll may be as high as nine with unconfirmed reports claiming that the vessel may have collided with a reef and 'depressurised' at 65ft.
Russian media, citing the Russian consul in Hurghada, has claimed that two children are among the dead, as well as an anesthetist husband and his wife.
The medics were named as Ravil Valiullin, 40, and Kristina, 39, a children’s doctor.
Their daughters, aged ten and 15, who were also reportedly on board the doomed vessel have survived the ordeal. They are now in hospital being treated for their injuries, after being left orphaned by the tragedy. 
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