Five people died and a search is underway for five others after a homemade vessel carrying migrants from Cuba capsized near the coast of Florida over the weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard says.
A Coast Guard boat rescues people Saturday after their homemade vessel carrying migrants from Cuba capsized.Five people died and a search was underway Monday for five others after a homemade vessel carrying migrants from Cuba capsized near the coast of Florida over the weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The search was taking place about 50 miles off Little Torch Key, an island in the lower Florida Keys. A total of 19 people were believed to be on the vessel in the “failed migration venture,” and four people reportedly drowned immediately upon capsizing Saturday, theSome of the rescued were wearing lifejackets, which authorities credited with saving their lives in furious 6-to-8 foot seas amid 30 mph winds.
Later, search crews recovered two unconscious people, but it’s unclear if they were part of the four reported to have drowned or the five unaccounted for. Those two unresponsive people were transferred into the care of emergency medical services and their current condition was not immediately known, the Coast Guard's 7th District said Monday.
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