A fifth body was brought ashore Thursday from the wreck of a superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, as rescuers searched for a remaining missing person to bring the saga to an end.
Six people were declared missing after the 180-foot luxury boat, the Bayesian, went down in what authorities said was a freak storm early Monday.
A massive rescue effort was launched, and four bodies were recovered from the wreck on Wednesday after a dayslong operation hampered by the depth to which the wreck had sunk and the debris that blocked divers' path through its narrow passages.
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WATCH HERESalvatore Cocina, head of Sicily's civil protection agency, confirmed to NBC News on Thursday morning that a fifth body had been recovered.
None of the bodies recovered from the wreckage have so far been publicly identified.
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SIGN UP Those missing are British tech magnate Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah; Chairman of Morgan Stanley International and the British insurance firm Hiscox, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife Judy; as well as a well-known New York City defense attorney Christopher Morvillo and his wife Neda.
The body of Recaldo Thomas, the ship’s cook and a Canadian Antiguan national, was recovered shortly after the accident on Monday.
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Fifteen of the 22 people onboard the yacht survived.
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Claudio Lavanga reported from Porticello. Yuliya Talmazan reported from London.
