A survivor from a sunken Thai naval vessel has been picked up in the Gulf of Thailand, as rescuers continue to search for another 29 missing crew-members.
"I came here to look at the waves and I'm thinking, 'For god's sake, where is my [nephew]?'" she said.
Sahachart Limcharoenphakdee, a member of the National Institute for Emergency Medicine, said they were working with naval personnel to care for the survivors.Mother Phongsri Suksawat, 50, said she hoped "100 per cent" that her 22-year-old youngest son, Chirawat Toophorm, would come home. "Our main priority is searching [for] and rescuing as many as we can," he said, adding it was the first time that the Thai navy had lost a ship this way.
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