Miami: US Coast Guard said on Wednesday that his crew restored one body and continued to look for 38 other people in the ocean of Florida Days after their ship left the Bahamas in a suspected human smuggling effort.
Captain Jo-Ann F.
Burdian said at a press conference that finding other living migrants was their highest priority.
“It’s terrible.
The longer they remain in the water …
exposed to the marine environment …
with every moment that passes, it becomes much more terrible and more likely that the survivors will be found,” he said.
Seekers work all night after solitary.
Survivor was found on Tuesday morning attached to the upside downward stomach from Florida Beach during suspicion of smuggling efforts.
The crew at least four ships and five planes have scan a wide area about the size of New Jersey, Burdian said.
It was human told a good Samaria who saved him that he was part of a group of 40 people who left Bimini Island in the Bahamas on Saturday night in what was suspected of being a maritime security agent was a human smuggling operation.
He said he did not wear a life jacket like they were upside down in bad weather.
The coast guard said a small craft advisor was issued as a severe front front blew through dangerous parts on Saturday and Sunday, with wind to 23 mph (37 kph) and swelled high up to 9 feet (3 meters).
Tommy Sewell, a local bonefishing guide, said there was strong winds and fierce armpit on Sunday to Monday.
Survivors were taken to hospital for the symptoms of dehydration and sun exposure after he was found on Tuesday early sitting on the stomach 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of the fort Pierce, the institution reported.
The coast guard does not immediately describe the citizenship of the survivors or people who are lost in the sea.
Migrants have long used the Bahamas islands as stepping stones to reach Florida and the United States.
They usually try to take advantage of rest in the weather to make the intersection, but these ships are often overloaded and tend to be reversed.
There are thousands of deaths for years.
Mostly, this migrant comes from Haiti and Cuba, but the Royal Bahama defense forces have reported capturing migrants from other parts of the world, including from Colombia and Ecuador earlier this month.
Coast guards are constantly patrol in waters around Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Bahamas.
On Friday, his crew attracted 88 Haitians from the ship sailing goods were overloaded to the big west of Inagua, Bahamas.
“Navigating Florida Straits, wind parts and mona and mona …
very dangerous and can lead to loss of life,” said the coast guard last weekend.
Last July, the coast guards save 13 people after their ship was reversed from Key West as a tropical storm Elsa approached.
The victims said they left Cuba with 22 people on board.
Nine lost in the water.
(AP)
Florida Boat Capsize: 1 body found on the beach coast guard, 38 is still missing
