
The survivor clinging to the hull of the upturned boat
(Picture: US COAST GUARD/AFP via Getty Images)Rescue crews searched late into the night on Tuesday for 39 people reported missing in the Atlantic off Florida by a man found clinging to a boat that capsized in what the US Coast Guard called a suspected human smuggling attempt gone awry.
The survivor told authorities he had left the Bahamas' Bimini islands in a boat with 39 other people on Saturday night.