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A DIVER rescued his own nephew from the yacht which sank in Egypt – as the search continues for seven missing people.
Two British tourists remain missing after a freak wave struck the tourist vessel on Monday morning, causing it to capsize.
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Khattab al-Faramawy said a team of divers he was with dived 12m underwater to get inside the Sea Story tourist boat and find the cabins.
He told the BBC: “We were using torch lights to try to find our way into the darkness, it was quite a complicated mission.”
Khattab’s nephew was on the boat when it sank and he did not know whether he had survived as he began the search.
But Youssef, 23, had survived and was locked in one of the cabins when he was trying to help people escape.
Khattab’s brother, Hussam, said he broke down in tears when he learnt his son was alive.
He said: “I couldn’t tell his mother what happened to the boat, she would have died immediately. I only told her after I realised that he survived.
“I could do nothing but pray to God to help my boy,…
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