Boat With Haitians Capsizes: 85 missing

A boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized and sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands.

U.S. Coast Guard in Miami said 113 survivors were found while approximately 85 are still uncounted for. Rescuers found the survivors stranded on a couple of reefs and a survivor said the boat struck a reef while trying to evade police boats.

The boat transporting about 200 Haitians had reportedly been at sea for about 3 days when it struck the reef. The Turks and Caicos authorities, using small boats, had rescued 40 people stranded on a reef 2 miles (3 kilometers) southeast of West Caicos Island. Many others were later found on a nearby reef.

A Coast Guard cutter has been searching for survivors, and a helicopter and a jet joined the search.