During the same period, it says some 590 people drowned and 359 others are missing at sea and presumed dead.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

So it turns out that during that period in which they were dead, they were only temporarily not P-functioning.

那么在他们死去的那段时间，他们只是暂时没有人格功能性。

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