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Survivors of sunken SV Concordia land at Toronto airport after Class Afloat ship sinks

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S.V. Concordia teacher Mark Sinker (centre) is welcomed home by Lauren Harrison (left) and Zara Pokrandt at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday February 22, 2010.CHRIS YOUNG

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S.V. Concordia teacher Ruth McArthur (centre) is greeted by her mother Rosemary and father Rod (left) at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday February 22, 2010.CHRIS YOUNG

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A group of Calgary students who survived the sinking of their floating classroom tallship the Concordia, try on their life vests on board an airport shuttle bus after landing at Pearson airport in Toronto, February 22, 2010.J.P. MOCZULSKI

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A student shows off a life preserver from the sunken ship S.V. Concordia as survivors board a shuttle bus after arriving at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday February 22, 2010.CHRIS YOUNG

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Students, teachers and crew of the S.V. Concordia embrace before heading home after arriving at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, February 22, 2010.MIKE CASSESE

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Survivors from the sunken ship S.V. Concordia carry their life preservers as momentos as they arrive at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday February 22, 2010.CHRIS YOUNG

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Nigel McCarthy, President and CEO of Class Afloat, whose tall ship the S.V. Concordia sank off the coast of Brazil speaks to the media as students and crew arrive at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, February 22, 2010.MIKE CASSESE

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Teacher Stephen Tugwell holds a life preserver from the sunken ship S.V. Concordia as he arrives at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday February 22, 2010.CHRIS YOUNG

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