Dean, her mother, and brother were placed in lifeboat 10, and they were among the first off the liner out of the 706 passengers and crew who escaped.

Malaysian authorities are discussing possible salvage efforts with Sun Cruises, the Singapore owner of a luxury liner that sank off Malaysia last week, a news report said yesterday.

The passenger ship lost its bow and prow in a collision with the Italian liner Andrea Doria off Nantucket Island, Ma., July 25. (AP Photo)