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In a sad incident in Italy, six people are missing, including Mike Lynch a man dubbed the British Bill Gates, after a luxury yacht sank off the Sicilian coast.
British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch — freshly acquitted from a decade-long trial — had invited his work colleagues aboard a trip through the Mediterranean coast when a freak storm saw the yacht sink within moments.
Fifteen people escaped including the wife of Mike Lynch from the sinking vessel. The search for the missing continues.
As per the coastguard, the working vessel, Bayesian, was hit by the tornado at around 5 a.m. on Monday. The yacht was anchored about half a mile from the Italian port on the Mediterranean island.
Four Britons including Mike Lynch and two Americans are among those missing, the spokesperson said.
There was a warning of rough weather in the sea, potential strong winds, with storms across the entire southern region of Italy Sunday, the Coast Guard spokesperson added.
One survivor, Charlotte, 35, was in horror while describing how she battled to hold onto her one-year-old daughter, Sofia, reported Italian news agency ANSA, as a barrage of waves sank the yacht.
“In two seconds I lost the baby in the sea, then I immediately hugged her again amidst the fury of the waves. I held her tightly, close to me, while the sea was stormy,” she told journalists. “Many passengers were screaming.”
The luxury yacht, Bayesian, which flies under a British flag, had mostly British passengers and crew, in addition to two Anglo-French, one Irish and one Sri Lankan, the spokesperson told CNN.
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade told CNN two of its citizens were involved in the incident, but were not among those still missing. The nationality of the dead person has not been disclosed.
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