‘I have no doubt that the Irish, Latina fire that burns in her soul kept that spirited determination alive’ Mick Lynch with his daughter Hannah. They both died after the luxury yacht Bayesian sank in a storm on Monday whilst moored around half a mile off the coast of Porticello, Sicily Family friends of Mike and Hannah Lynch have said the father and daughter were part of a "united, vibrant, loving family" - with the teenager remembered as a "diamond in a sea of stars" and the tech mogul as a brilliant storyteller. The pair were among seven people who died after the luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily early on Monday morning.
Mr Lynch was the creator of software giant Autonomy and had been cleared in June of carrying out a massive fraud related to its 11 billion dollar (£8.64 billion) sale to US company Hewlett Packard. His daughter Hannah had recently finished her A-levels and was due to study at Oxford University.
Sligo native Sasha Murray, chief stewardess of the Bayesian, in a statement released today 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 spirite.