'''''“But the main thing was not what we had seen there but what we had not seen—the divers had found practically no human bodies or remains…”.'''''
'''''“But the main thing was not what we had seen there but what we had not seen—the divers had found practically no human bodies or remains…”.'''''
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'''Capt. Mikhail Girs:'''
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'''''“So we were ready to encounter a virtual cemetery. But one submergence went by, then the
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second, and then the third...During the entire rather lengthy period of our work near Moneron,
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I and my people had maybe ten encounters with the remains of Boeing passengers. No more
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than that.”'''''
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''''''(There is no way of ascertaining from this testimony if the “ten encounters” were with ten separate bodies or, more likely, ten encounters with a lesser number of bodies. It is entirely possible that these encounters were with fragments from the same individual).''''''
[[Image:Ship 2.jpg|The Georgi Kozmin. Released Navy Department, Paul Soutar, photographer |right |thumb|300px]]
[[Image:Ship 2.jpg|The Georgi Kozmin. Released Navy Department, Paul Soutar, photographer |right |thumb|300px]]