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Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Haiti; 85 Missing

Some 113 saved after vessel reportedly hit reef evading police

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(AP) – A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and up to 85 people are missing, the US Coast Guard says. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as it tried to elude police. Rescuers found 113 survivors stranded on two reefs and recovered two bodies, says a Coast Guard spokesman in Miami.

"Our main goal right now is just to get everybody out of the water and get medical attention for those who need it," says a Coast Guard spokeswoman. The shipwreck happened around 2pm yesterday. By late evening, Turks and Caicos authorities using small boats had rescued about 40 people stranded on a reef near West Caicos island. Many others were later found on a nearby reef, the spokesman said.

  (Y. Yajima)
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Jayster999
Jul 28, 09 12:41 PM CDT
Sure hope they send em back. Reply
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ReadLessKnowMore
Jul 28, 09 1:42 PM CDT
Wonder why they were trying to elude the police. Reply
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anchower
Jul 28, 09 10:17 PM CDT
Hope they find the 85 or so still missing and bring them to America. "Give [us] your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Reply
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