She said: "those who knew her will know that Hannah was a diamond in a sea of stars. Bright, beautiful and always shining. "What most people may not have seen was the extraordinarily strong, deep, and loving relationship she shared with her parents, whom she adored more than anything.
"While swimming with them, she often said if anything ever happened she would save them. I have no doubt that the Irish, Latina fire that burns in her soul kept that spirited determination alive." Mother survived yacht sinking Bacares, who also had an older daughter, Esme, with Lynch, was among the 15 survivors of the sinking and is being treated in hospital.
A talented student, Hannah Lynch scored 100% in her English Literature GCSE and was a scholar at Latymer Upper School, west London, where she was a regular prize-winner. She had won a place at the University of Oxford to read English and joined friends and family on the Bayesian after receiving her A-level results last week. The fifth day of the search and recovery operation, after the luxury yacht Bayesian sank in a storm while moored about a kilometre off the coast of Porticello, Sicily.
Photo / Getty Images She and other guests had gathered on board the superyacht to celebrate Lynch's acquittal on fraud charges in a long-running case in San Francisco. Italian investigators..
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