Boat with Haitians capsizes, 113 saved, 85 missing
July 29, 2009 00:00:00
PROVIDENCIALES, July 28 (AP): A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and up to 85 people are missing, the US Coast Guard said Tuesday. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as it tried to elude police.
Rescuers found 113 survivors stranded on two reefs and recovered two bodies, said Lt Cmdr Matt Moorlag, a Coast Guard spokesman in Miami, revising an earlier statement that four bodies had been found.
"Our main goal right now is just to get everybody out of the water and get medical attention for those who need it," said Petty Officer Third Class Sabrina Elgammal, a Coast Guard spokeswoman.
The shipwreck happened around 2 pm Monday.