Morgan Stanley International Bank Executive and Wife, British Tech Entrepreneur with Daughter Among Missing After Tragic Sinking of Luxury Yacht in Sicily, Italy
Jonathan Bloomer (L); Mike Lynch (R)
Morgan Stanley International Bank Chairman Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife, along with British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, are among those missing after their luxury yacht sank during a violent storm.
The British-flagged yacht, Bayesian, which was anchored near the port of Porticello, was carrying 22 people when it was struck by a tornado in the early hours of Monday morning, according to the Italian coastguard, People reported.
Screenshot: Bayesian/Youtube
Salvatore Cocina, head of the civil protection agency in Sicily, confirmed that six people, including Bloomer and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance, are currently unaccounted for.
Rescue operations have successfully saved 15 individuals from the wreckage.
