US Coast Guard searches for at least 39 people who went missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida coast
Coast Guard searches for at least 39 missing people in what it says was a"suspected human smuggling venture" off the coast of Florida.
A survivor says the boat had left the Bahamas on Saturday night but encountered rough weather and capsized. The US Coast Guard has launched a search for 39 people reported missing when a boat capsized off the coast of Florida in what it said was a "suspected human smuggling venture." The Coast Guard in Miami received a report about a man "clinging to a capsized vessel approximately 45 miles [72 kilometres] east of Fort Pierce inlet," the statement said on Tuesday.
The survivor said the boat had left the Bahamas on Saturday night but encountered rough weather and capsized, and that no one on board was wearing a life jacket.
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