A Canadian man has died, according to multiple media outlets, and several people remain missing after a luxury superyacht was capsized during a freak storm off the coast of Sicily early Monday. Fifteen of the 22 people onboard were rescued, including a one-year-old girl, authorities said on Monday. British tech magnate Mike Lynch, and his 18-year-old daughter, are still reported missing.
Also unaccounted for are Christopher Morvillo, one of Lynch’s lawyers, his wife, and Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morgan Stanley International. Police divers resumed their search on Tuesday, and believe the remaining passengers are trapped in the hull of the sunken superyacht. Media outlets conflict on the name of the Canadian who died.
CBC reported that Thomas Recaldo, the ship’s cook was a Canadian-born man who had been living in Antigua. The BBC reported Recaldo Thomas as a Canadian-Antiguan chef who was working on the yacht. Global Affairs Canada confirmed Monday afternoon that it is aware of reports a Canadian citizen has died, and extended “deepest sympathies to everyone affected by this tragic event.
” A luxury superyacht carrying foreign tourists capsized and sank off the Italian island of Sicily in bad weather early Monday. One body was found, six people remain missing and 15 people were rescued, authorities said. (AP Video / Aug.
19, 2024) Canadian consular officials are in touch with local authorities, and for privacy reasons, “no further information can be disclosed,�.