The search resumed on Tuesday for the six people missing after a yacht sank in a storm while anchored in front of Porticello, in the Palermo area of Sicily. Of the 22 on board, one person has died and 15 have been rescued.
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00:00The search for six missing people continued after a yacht sunk off the coast of Sicily
00:06with at least one confirmed dead.
00:09Fifteen people survived, including a mother who reported holding her one-year-old baby
00:14over the waves to save her.
00:17Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of the storm-sunken superyacht.
00:21The missing people are believed to be trapped in the ship's hull, 50 meters underwater.
00:27Passengers were reportedly unable to access the ship's cabins as they were blocked by
00:31debris that had shifted during a violent storm that toppled the luxury sailboat early Monday.
00:37One body has been recovered, officials said.
00:41Passengers on board included UK tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his family.
00:46The vacation appeared to be something of a celebration after Lynch's acquittal in a fraud
00:50case, with guests including some of the people who had stood by him throughout the ordeal.
00:56The yacht had been moored about a half mile off the coast when a storm rolled in around
01:004am Monday morning.
01:03Officials said they believed the ship was struck by a tornado over the water which had
01:06passed over the area.