Anguished wife of missing tech tycoon Mike Lynch is in a 'state of shock and sadness' as she waits for updates and the fate of her husband and 18-year-old daughter Hannah in the survivors hotel READ: Did open portholes doom the Bayesian? Authorities open investigation By Katherine Lawton Published: 20:38 EDT, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 20:51 EDT, 20 August 2024 e-mail View comments The wife of missing British tech billionaire Mike Lynch is in a 'state of shock and sadness' as she waits for updates on the rescue of her husband and their 18-year-old daughter. Angela Bacares, 57, was one of 15 people to survive when luxury superyacht Bayesian was struck by a waterspout off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, Italy , in the early hours of Monday morning. The sailboat's chef has tragically been confirmed dead while six people remain missing - including Mrs Bacares' husband Lynch and their teenage daughter Hannah.
Mrs Bacares has sought refuge with other survivors in a hotel, which is just a six-minute drive from Porticello harbour, near to where the boat sank. A hotel guest told The Mirror that the mother is in a very distressed state as she waits for updates on whether her husband and daughter are alive. It is feared those missing were asleep in their cabins when the boat was struck and suddenly disappeared under the water.
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is still missing. His wife Angela Bacares (right) was among the 15 people who were rescued from the yacht Hannah Lynch, 18, (pictured) is also missing alongside her father Mike Lynch Lynch (pictured) invited family and friends on his superyacht to celebrate his triumph over fraud charges in the US. Lynch is still missing Italian fire brigade boats sail as a rescue operation continues for the missing people who were on board the sailboat The superyacht (pictured) was docked off the coast of Porticello, near Palermo, when it was hit by an over-sea tornado, known as a waterspout Lynch with his wife Angela Bacares.
Mrs Bacares has survived while Lynch is still missing Hannah had just completed her A-Levels and gained a place to study English at Oxford University before the tragedy. The teenager was an academically gifted pupil and won a number of awards at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, west London, between 2017 and 2024, including outstanding academic achievement while in lower sixth form and the William C Smith award for poetry. Lynch and his wife Angela were also frequent donors to the school, contributing to Latymer Upper School's bursary fund in 2023, 2022 and 2021.
The vessel - which had been carrying 10 crew members and 12 passengers - had been moored just 300 metres from the coast near Palermo when it was hit by a terrifying waterspout at around 5am on Monday. Tornado-speed winds flipped the superyacht so quickly that people on board were left swimming for their lives with those who made it off stranded in the pitch black water as the storm raged around them. One maritime expert suggested that despite potentially facing winds of up to 100mph as a result of the extremely rare phenomenon the boat should have been able to withstand the force of the gales, raising questions about how it ended up sinking.
Search teams have already found the body of one man and there are fears more bodies will be found in the hull of the sailboat by specialist divers. Among the 15 who survived include a one-year-old British baby called Sofia, who was kept afloat by her mother, 36-year-old Charlotte Golunski. CCTV captured the last moments of the Bayesian superyacht before it sank beneath the waves during a ferocious storm early on Monday morning Search divers head out to the scene of the wreck near Porticello this morning as the operation to find the bodies of those missing continue Luxury sailboat Bayesian was docked off the coast of Porticello when a waterspout struck the area just before 5am on Monday Charlotte Golunski, 36, (pictured) her husband and her one-year-old baby also survived Mr Ronald told the Telegraph: 'I have texted with my daughter.
She has only said to me that there are deaths, and she and her partner are alive' (pictured: Ayla Ronald) Lynch's attorney Christopher Morvillo (pictured) and his wife Neda are also missing Chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer (pictured), and his wife are also missing Neda and her husband Christopher are both missing in the wake of Monday's superyacht sinking Judy Bloomer, who is missing, is a supporter and former board member of the Eve Appeal, a charity that raises awareness and funds research into gynaecological cancer Mrs Golunski, an Oxford graduate and senior associate at Invoke, also survived after fighting to prevent her child from drowning. The mother told Italian newspaper Republicca: 'I held her afloat with all my strength, my arms stretched upwards to keep her from drowning. 'It was all dark.
In the water I couldn't keep my eyes open. I screamed for help but all I could hear around me was the screams of others.' Mrs Golunski's British husband James Emsilie, 36, also survived the tragedy.
Another survivor is Clifford Chance lawyer Ayla Ronald, 36, who was part of the successful legal team invited to go sailing with Lyncchah, according to her father Lin. On-board hostesses Leah Randall, 20, from South Africa, also survived the tragedy. Heidi Randall, Leah's mother, told Sky News: 'I'm beyond relieved that my daughter's life was spared by the grace of God.
'It doesn't make it any easier living with heartache of those who have lost their lives or missing.' Leah was photographed leaving the coast guard headquarters yesterday alongside a fellow crew member. Leah and 22-year-old crew member Katja Chichen, from Germany, said as they were questioned by investigators: 'We are alive by a miracle,' according to Italian news agency ANSA, who reported that one of the girls sobbed as she said: 'It was terrible.
' Other survivors included Irish woman Sasha Murray, 29, Matthew Fletcher, 41, from London, James Catfield 51, from New Zealand, Myin Htun Kyaw, 39, from Myanmar, crew member Leo Eppel and Frenchman Matthew Griffith. Speaking from a hospital room in the town of Termini Imerese close to Palermo, Mr Catfied, in a state of grief and shock, could only utter one sentence. 'We didn't see it coming,' he told La Repubblica.
Rescuers claimed that survivors spoke of the ship going down in 'two minutes' and that it appears that the yacht 'wasn't anchored in a safe place' at the time of sinking. They were rescued by crews from nearby boats including that of Karsten Borner, the captain of a sailing ship anchored near the Bayesian, who said his team struggled to keep their boat afloat when the tornado hit. Italy Share or comment on this article: Anguished wife of missing tech tycoon Mike Lynch is in a 'state of shock and sadness' as she waits for updates and the fate of her husband and 18-year-old daughter Hannah in the survivors hotel e-mail Add comment.
