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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
National
David Goodhue

In a search for 40 missing migrants on boat, Coast Guard finds one dead and one survivor

MIAMI — The Coast Guard found the body of one person Wednesday morning believed to be among a group of 40 migrants whose vessel overturned between the Bahamas and Florida over the weekend.

A Coast Guard airplane crew spotted the person floating in the water, and a cutter crew retrieved the body, Capt. Jo-Ann Burdian, sector commander for Miami, said during a news briefing on Wednesday in Miami Beach.

The Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and other federal, state and local agencies launched a massive air and sea search Tuesday after a commercial tug boat captain rescued a man sitting on the capsized hull of a 25-foot vessel about 40 miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet around 8 a.m.

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