Stories of survivors in Eastern Star disaster

Ten of the 12 survivors recall their experiences of the maritime disaster on the Yangtze River on June 1, in which a ship carrying 442 passengers capsized and 442 people died.

Jiang Geng at hospital, June 3, 2015.[Photo/Xinhua]

Jiang Geng, 35, travel agent

Jiang Geng and his colleague Zhang Hui were in a room on the second deck when the ship suddenly tilted, according to anhuinews.com.

Realizing that something was wrong, Jiang grabbed the life jacket from a cabinet by his side and immediately jumped out of the window.

Jiang kept calling for help to passing-by vessels and was rescued by a boat hours after drifting in the river.