Speaking late Sunday by phone from a closed reception center near Athens where survivors were taken, Sheikhi said he was directed to the hold but paid the smugglers to got out onto deck.
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The elder Sheikhi, working as an electrician in Germany, said he has called the hospital in Greece to try to get information, with no luck.
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