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17 October 2019Recovered the first seven corpses of the migrants identified two days ago in the seabed of Lampedusa, 60 meters deep, 6 miles south of the island. In action the divers of the Coast Guard. The body of a child is also among the victims. The corpses, after being recovered from the seabed, were transferred to the Favarolo pier by a Coast Guard patrol boat. In the hours following the sinking, which occurred on the night between 6 and 7 October, the bodies of 13 women were recovered. 22 survivors, but according to the testimony of some of the castaways, there were more than 50 people aboard the boat.

Scenes from the horror
After identifying the wreck of the small boat thanks to an underwater robot supplied to the Coast Guard, it was possible to take the first photographs and record a video. The scene is impressive: at least 12 bodies stuck in the small boat and around the boat, including those of a young woman with a small neighbor. Today, after the preparatory phases, the operations of recovery by the divers of the Coast Guard began: the Nuclei of Cagliari and Naples joined the Diversion Unit of the Coast Guard of Messina. The investigations are coordinated by the deputy prosecutor of Agrigento, Salvatore Vella.