Hannah Lynch, 18, was the final person missing after the after the boat sank on Monday (August 19). It is understood that Ms Lynch had a place to study at the University of after collecting her A-Level results just last week. Vincenzo Zagarola, of the Italian Coastguard, said the search for Ms Lynch has not been “easy or quick”, comparing the sunken yacht to an “18-storey building full of water”.
Mr Zagarola said: “From the first moment, it has not been easy or quick to inspect the boat. “Think of an 18-storey building full of water.” Mr Lynch, his daughter, Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy Bloomer, Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo, and his wife Neda Morvillo were lost when the yacht sank at around 5am local time on Monday.
The search for Hannah began again early this morning. Five bodies have now been brought to shore in the small fishing village of Porticello, around 11 miles from the Sicilian capital of Palermo. Of the 22 passengers and crew on board, 15 – including Mr Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares – were rescued after escaping on to a lifeboat.
The body of Canadian-Antiguan national Recaldo Thomas, who was working as a chef on the superyacht, was recovered at the scene of the sinking on Monday. The boat trip was a celebration of Mr Lynch’s acquittal in a fraud case in the US..