The Coast Guard was combing the waters off eastern Florida Tuesday afternoon, looking for 39 people on a boat that capsized. The vessel may have been part of a "human smuggling venture," the Coast Guard said. pic.twitter.com/kCVQ4LCaTe — USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) January 25, 2022The Coast Guard said it had received a report from a good Samaritan who rescued a man clinging to the vessel, roughly 45 miles east of Fort Pierce Inlet, around 8 a.m. Coast Guard boats and aircraft were searching throughout the morning, and as of 4 p.m. Tuesday, no other survivors had been discovered. Coast Guard searching for 39 people after boat capsizes near Florida originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 25, 2022 19:57 UTC