Source: news-press.com
The young Haitian man’s relatives waited to see if he survived the sinking of a boat laden with migrants off Florida’s coast, but the chances for his rescue faded Friday after the Coast Guard suspended its search.
At least nine people died, including a 1-year-old girl, and 16 others were rescued about 15 miles off the coast of southern Florida when the boat was spotted early Wednesday.
Rescuers had continued searching through Thursday with hopes that some passengers wore life jackets and were carried north on the fast-moving Gulf Stream current. But they suspended the search after criss-crossing 8,800 square miles of ocean for 31 hours by plane and boat.
