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Superyacht carrying Mike Lynch sinks, a mother describes her survival

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A 183-foot luxury yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily during a hurricane on Monday. A day later, the disaster is still unfolding, with one person confirmed dead and six of the 22 passengers on board now presumed dead, according to recent reports from The Wall Street Journalto.

Among 15 people After her rescue, a 35-year-old British woman named Charlotte Golonski recounted her horrific experience. She attributed it to survival She was on the deck of the sinking yacht when the storm hit, and described being awakened by the sound of lightning and thunder. The storm then threw her into the dark sea. nurturing instincts The stroke appears to have started after the yacht was hit by a storm and Golonski used her strength to lift her one-year-old daughter above her head in the rough waters to save her from drowning.

Golonski and her family managed to survive the accident, although they narrowly avoided disaster.

“I lost my daughter at sea for two seconds and then I quickly hugged her amid the roar of the waves,” she told an Italian newspaper. Sicily newspaper.

“It was pitch black, and in the water I couldn’t keep my eyes open,” she told the newspaper. Republic“I screamed for help, but all I could hear around me was the screams of others.” She managed to escape in a lifeboat along with 11 other survivors.

Mike Lynch was also on board the British yacht known as the Baysian. It was Lynch who invited Golonski and her family, according to The Hill. Washington Post.

Still missing and now presumed dead, Lynch, a tech mogul and former CEO of Autonomy, recently made headlines after being acquitted. Alleged fraud. It was once known as “British Bill GatesLynch also gained a reputation for being critical of Silicon Valley Culture.

He was then embroiled in a trial that lasted more than a decade, which one American investigator once described as the biggest fraud ever in the region, according to Financial Times.Lynch’s attorney, Clifford Chance Senior partner Chris Morvillo was also on the yacht and is now missing as part of the group of six. Jonathan Plumer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, has also been reported missing and is presumed dead.

Bloomer’s wife, Judy, and Morvillo’s wife, Nida, are also presumed dead, according to police. The Wall Street Journalalong with Lynch’s teenage daughter Hannah. Lynch’s wife, Angela Bakaris, was rescued.

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