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| Many missing as Haiti boat sinks | Many missing as Haiti boat sinks |
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| A boat carrying up to 200 migrants from Haiti has capsized off the coast of the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos, the US Coast Guard says. | A boat carrying up to 200 migrants from Haiti has capsized off the coast of the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos, the US Coast Guard says. |
| It said at least four bodies had been recovered and many more were feared dead. | It said at least four bodies had been recovered and many more were feared dead. |
| About 70 people stranded on reefs were rescued - many were then taken to hospital on the Turks and Caicos. | About 70 people stranded on reefs were rescued - many were then taken to hospital on the Turks and Caicos. |
| Haitians often travel through the islands in overcrowded boats, hoping to find work in the Bahamas or Florida. | Haitians often travel through the islands in overcrowded boats, hoping to find work in the Bahamas or Florida. |
| "Our main goal right now is just to get everybody out of the water and get medical attention for those who need it," said Sabrina Elgammal, a US Coast Guard spokeswoman in Miami. | "Our main goal right now is just to get everybody out of the water and get medical attention for those who need it," said Sabrina Elgammal, a US Coast Guard spokeswoman in Miami. |
| The boat had been at sea for three days when it accidentally steered into a reef as it tried to avoid being spotted by a police boat, one survivor, Alces Julien, told the Associated Press from hospital. | The boat had been at sea for three days when it accidentally steered into a reef as it tried to avoid being spotted by a police boat, one survivor, Alces Julien, told the Associated Press from hospital. |
| US officials said a helicopter was on the scene searching for more survivors and a cutter was making its way to the site of the capsizing. | US officials said a helicopter was on the scene searching for more survivors and a cutter was making its way to the site of the capsizing. |
| At least nine people, including a pregnant woman, died in May this year when a boat carrying nearly 30 people, mostly Haitians, sank off the Florida coast. | |
| In May 2007, at least 61 Haitian migrants died when a boat carrying 150 people sank off the Turks and Caicos. | In May 2007, at least 61 Haitian migrants died when a boat carrying 150 people sank off the Turks and Caicos. |
| Some of the survivors said the boat had been rammed by a patrol boat from the Turks and Caicos, then towed out to sea. | Some of the survivors said the boat had been rammed by a patrol boat from the Turks and Caicos, then towed out to sea. |