Body found in search for ship sunk in hurricane: Coast Guard

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday said its crews had found a body and an empty, heavily damaged lifeboat in their search for the cargo ship El Faro, believed to have sunk after going missing off the Bahamas in Hurricane Joaquin.

Rescuers are no longer looking for the ship, which sent a distress call four days ago after getting caught in the powerful storm's ferocious winds and 50-foot seas, Coast Guard Captain Mark Fedor said.

He said aircrews continued to search for the missing crew - 28 U.S. citizens and five Polish nationals - but acknowledged they had faced tough odds in the storm's dangerous conditions.

"We are still looking for survivors, any signs of life," he told reporters in Miami.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/05/us-storm-joaquin-ship-idUSKCN0RZ1EQ20151005

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US | Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:07am EDT
MIAMI | BY ZACHARY FAGENSON

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Several grads from my local Maritime Academy on that ship. Still hoping for some

good news, but the outlook grows bleaker by the hour.

[tabasco]

2. Not good

I'm sad to hear about the wrecked lifeboat.

[rockfordfile]

3. Why

Why was the ship sent out knowing a storm was out there? money? Who owns the ship?

[B2G]

5. Because this was the forecast when they left port that Tuesday

[Duckhunter935]

4. Sad