Posted on 05/07/2007 4:02:34 PM PDT by HAL9000
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MIAMI (Reuters) - The bodies of 54 people have been recovered following Friday's capsize of a Haitian sailboat that was being towed by police in the Turks and Caicos islands, the British territory's government said on Monday.Seventy-eight migrants survived the accident and were expected to be returned to Haiti, the government said in a statement.
Rescuers continued the search for survivors and victims. On Friday, officials had said 20 people died and 58 were missing in the accident.
A Royal Turks and Caicos Police patrol boat intercepted the sloop -- which may have been carrying as many as 150 people -- about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the island of Providenciales.
Suspecting the vessel carried illegal migrants, the police took it in tow but encountered rough seas, the statement said. The overloaded sloop capsized, tossing most of its passengers into the water.
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Just because they were illegal aliens, doesn't translate into them deserving to die any more than any human creature.
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