Ferry disaster kills one, injures others

In this photo taken from a nearby ship, vessels try to extinguish the fire at the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic after it caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014.   (Uncredited / AP)

In this image provided by the Italian Navy, smoke billows from the Italian-flagged Norman Atlantic after it caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. A fire erupted on a ferry carrying 478 people from Greece to Italy on Sunday, leaving one person dead and trapping hundreds on top decks as gale-force winds and choppy seas hampered evacuation.  (Uncredited / AP)

Passengers and crew of the Italian-flagged “Norman Atlantic,” that caught fire in the Adriatic Sea.  (Luigi Mistrulli / AP)

Passengers evacuated from the burning ferry “Norman Atlantic” arrive aboard the Singapore-flagged cargo container ship “Siprit of Piraeus.”  (AFP/Getty Images)

A survivor of the ferry “Norman Atlantic” is taken in an ambulance in an emergency stretcher .  (AFP/Getty Images)

Rescue operations evacuating some of passengers from the Norman Atlantic ferry on a ‘Capitaneria di Porto’ patrol boat in the harbour of Otranto, Italy, 28 December 2014.   (BIAGIO CLAUDIO LONGO / EPA)

Rescue operations evacuating some of passengers from the Norman Atlantic ferry on a ‘Capitaneria di Porto’ patrol boat in the harbour of Otranto, Italy, 28 December 2014.   (BIAGIO CLAUDIO LONGO / EPA)

Rescue operations evacuating some of passengers from the Norman Atlantic ferry on a ‘Capitaneria di Porto’ patrol boat in the harbour of Otranto, Italy, 28 December 2014.  (BIAGIO CLAUDIO LONGO / EPA)

A woman is carried by paramedics as passengers of the ferry that caught fire in the channel between Italy and Albania arrive at a Brindisi hospital, southern Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. Italian and Greek rescue crews battled gale-force winds and massive waves as they struggled Sunday to evacuate hundreds of people from a ferry on fire and adrift in the channel between Italy and Albania.   (Max Frigione / AP)

A woman is carried by paramedics as passengers of the ferry that caught fire in the channel between Italy and Albania are transported to the town of Otranto, near Lecce, southern Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014.   (Ivan Tortorella / AP)