September 6

In the early hours of September 6, 2009, passengers aboard SuperFerry 9 experienced a nightmare at sea. The ship, en route to Iloilo City, began listing dangerously off the coast of the Zamboanga Peninsula, and within hours, it was lost to the depths of the Sulu Sea. Rescue efforts saved over 900 lives, but the tragedy claimed nine, and the disaster shed light on the precarious state of maritime safety in the Philippines.