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On September 26, 2002, the overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000. The year's #1 song was "How You Remind Me" by Nickelback. Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karl Hein, Sadie Sink would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · September 26, 2002
MV Le Joola was a Senegalese government-owned roll-on/roll-off ferry that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002, with 1,863 deaths and 64 survivors. The majority of passengers were Senegalese, including 854 to 923 Senegalese-French nationals on board. It is thought to be the third-worst peacetime disaster in maritime history, and the worst in the 21st century.
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2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2002nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 2nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2000s decade.
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Senegalese ferry which sank off the coast of The Gambia in 26 September 2002
MV Le Joola was a Senegalese government-owned roll-on/roll-off ferry that capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002, with 1,863 deaths and 64 survivors. The majority of passengers were Senegalese, including 854 to 923 Senegalese-French nationals on board. It is thought to be the third-worst peacetime disaster in maritime history, and the worst in the 21st century.
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