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Final Missing Person Found From Sunken Superyacht Off Sicily

Italian Navy scuba divers work at the scene of the search for a missing boat, in Porticello, southern Italy, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of a storm-sunken sup

Italian rescuers successfully recovered the body of the final missing person who was on board the superyacht that tragically sank off the coast of Sicily. The woman's body was located on Friday, as confirmed by the Coast Guard. While her identity has not been officially disclosed, reports suggest that she may be Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech mogul Mike Lynch, who remains unaccounted for.

The Lynch family was aboard The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, when it encountered a storm early Monday. Civil protection authorities suspect that the vessel was hit by a waterspout, a type of tornado over water, leading to its rapid sinking.

Tragically, Mike Lynch's body was recovered on Thursday. He had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with his family and the legal team that had supported him during the trial in the United States. Fortunately, his wife Angela Bacares was among the 15 survivors of the incident.

Divers faced challenging conditions as they worked to retrieve the six bodies that were trapped inside the yacht's hull, submerged 50 meters (164 feet) underwater. The rescue operation was a race against time, with teams working tirelessly to bring closure to the families of the victims and to piece together the events that led to this devastating maritime tragedy.

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