Trapped sailors wait for rescuers off the coast of Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province Monday January 17, 2006. A transport ship was broken into two parts by the waves Monday, trapping nine seamen who were rescued twenty hours later.

A helicopter hovers as it tries to rescue trapped sailors off the coast of Qinhuangdao.

A rescuer escorts a trapped sailor on the coast of Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province Monday January 17, 2006.

(China Daily January 18, 2006)