Search halted for survivors of capsized boat off Florida, leaving 34 lost at sea

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MIAMI - The US Coast Guard on Thursday (Jan 27) called off a three-day search for 34 people lost at sea off Florida from a boat that capsized while engaged in what officials suspect was an attempt to smuggle migrants into the United States from the Bahamas. Round-the-clock search operations were halted at nightfall, Coast Guard Petty Officer Jose Hernandez...

A view of the US Coast Guard station after the search for 39 people reported missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in what is being called a human smuggling attempt gone awry, at Fort Pierce, Florida, US, on Jan 26, 2022.

A lone survivor was rescued on Tuesday morning after a tug boat crew found him clinging to the mostly submerged hull of the overturned boat. He said none of the 40 people aboard had been wearing life jackets. Asked if the remaining 34 missing migrants should be presumed dead, Burdian said: "It does mean that we don't think it's likely that anyone else has survived."

In a separate incident, the Coast Guard reported intercepting a sailing vessel on Tuesday off another area of the Bahamas overloaded with 191 Haitian migrants believed to be headed for Florida.

 

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