What we know so far about the missing victims of the yacht sinking in Sicily
Four British passengers and two Americans, including a prominent New York lawyer and his wife, remain missing after the yacht sank on August 19
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First responders are still searching for six people who remain missing a day after the superyacht Bayesian sank after a severe storm off the coast of Sicily.
Among the missing are four British and two Americans, reported CNN, The Independent and Sky News.
Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and his wife Judy were aboard the 183-foot yacht, carrying 22 people, when the vessel took on water in the early hours of Monday, August 19.
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London-based insurance company Hiscox – of which Bloomer is chief executive – issued a statement on the tragedy on August 20.
“Our thoughts are with all those affected, especially our Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy, who are among the missing, and their families as they await further news on this terrible situation,” board chairman Aki Hussain said, according to CNN.
New York lawyer Christopher Morvino, a partner at the London law firm Clifford Chance, and his wife Neda, a jewelry designer, were also on the boat. They are parents of two daughters, Sabrina and Sophia. according to a LinkedIn post Morvino wrote in June.
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According to The Independent, the group – which included several lawyers – had gathered to celebrate a recent legal victory in the US in which Lynch was acquitted of fraud charges.
Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are also missing following the incident. Hannah’s school in west London said in a statement that The Guardian, that they were “all incredibly shocked to hear that Hannah and her father were among those missing from this tragic incident and our thoughts are with her family and everyone involved as we await further news.”
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Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares was one of 15 people rescued from the 22 originally on board the Bayesianthe Italian Coast Guard and local sources said. Eight of the rescued people were taken to local hospitals.
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A Carabinieri vehicle parked near the port where the search for missing passengers continues after a yacht capsized off the coast of Palermo, Italy, on August 19, 2024.
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The body of the yacht cook, identified by Reuters as Antiguan national Ricardo Thomas, was found near the ship on August 19.
Thomas was an inspiration for young black children who wanted to enter the world of sailing, his friend Eli Fuller told BBC.
“The kids saw all these white people working on yachts,” Fuller added. “For them, it was important for our community to see an Antiguan man traveling all over the world.”
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