A 183-foot luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily was upended by a tornado on Monday. One day later, the disaster is still unfolding, as one person has been confirmed to have died, and six of the 22 passengers on board are presumed now to have perished in the accident, according to recent reports from the Wall Street Journal.
Among the 15 people rescued, a 35-year-old British woman by the name of Charlotte Golunski recounted her harrowing experience. Attributing her survival to being on the deck of the sinking yacht when the storm hit, she described being awoken by lightning and thunder. The storm then threw her into the dark sea. Her caregiving instincts appear to have kicked in after the yacht succumbed to the storm and Golunksi used her strength to hoist her 1-year-old daughter above her head in the churning water to save her from drowning.
