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<p>Students from Canada's West Island College arrive at the Mocangue naval base in Rio de Janeiro aboard Brazil's Frigate Constituicao, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. After clinging to life rafts in high seas for up to 16 hours, more than five dozen students and crew rescued from the Canadian sailing ship Concordia that sank in the Atlantic, began arriving in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p>

<p>Students from Canada's West Island College arrive at the Mocangue naval base in Rio de Janeiro aboard Brazil's Frigate Constituicao, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. After clinging to life rafts in high seas for up to 16 hours, more than five dozen students and crew rescued from the Canadian sailing ship Concordia that sank in the Atlantic, began arriving in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)</p>

February 20, 2010

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Shipwrecked students feared remote death at sea
February 20, 2010 11 p.m.

Shipwrecked students feared remote death at sea

RIO DE JANEIRO - When wind and rough seas drove the Canadian sailing ship carrying dozens of teenage students to lean precariously to one side, the captain figured it was just another day of sailing in rough weather.