Divers Recover 4 Bodies from the Wreckage
There’s been a heartbreaking update in the Sicily yacht tragedy.
After a superyacht sank off the coast of Palermo, Italy, during a violent storm Aug. 19, divers have discovered four bodies among the ship’s wreckage, a source familiar with the rescue operations told NBC News.
The identities of the recovered bodies have not yet been determined, but the discovery comes shortly after the names of the six missing passengers were shared.
British tech mogul Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife have yet to be accounted for, the Director of Sicily’s Civil Protection Agency Salvatore Cocina told NBC News.
Per the outlet, Morvillo and Bloomer’s employers later identified their missing wives as Judy Bloomer and Neda Morvillo.
It is believed the passengers were located in the ship’s hull, which remains over 150 feet underwater. Divers continue to search among the wreckage, but the depth, along with other obstructions and narrow passageways have made it an ordeal.