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After the passage of Hurricane Otis, families search for their loved ones who were on boats in Acapulco.
After the passage of Hurricane Otis through Acapulco, Guerreromany families have begun to search for their loved ones among the rubble, the mud dragged by the cyclone, as well as on the coasts, where many crews were lost or submerged in the water.
Families search for crews lost by Otis in Acapulco
There are many stories that have been shared in the media of families who have begun to search for their loved ones on the coasts of Acapulco after the passage of Otis, because the authorities have done little or nothing to find the lost crewsthe bodies of people who were in boats when the category 5 cyclone arrived on the coast of Guerrero.
Here are some of them:
Sailors aboard sunken ships
Samuel Adam and Carlos Moreno Connecting the Dots recently presented the story of families searching for sailors who were aboard ships at the time Otis made landfall, as Due to the lack of information from the port authorities, they could not prevent them from being carried away by the strong gusts of wind until they sank or ran aground..
For example, in front of Manzanillo Beach, The diver Josué Estrada has found sunken boats in which crews and passengers were traveling when the cyclone reached Mexico.
Precisely for this reason, he is now dedicated to searching for sailors he knew and other people who have disappeared since October 25, 2023. In fact, he has already found two bodies that were taken by the same relatives.since SEMEFO did not have service.
According to information from these two journalists, CANACO SERVYTUR of Acapulco estimates that At least 800 boats, tourist and other, were sunk by Otis. However, the Secretary of the Navy assures that there were only between 40 and 45.
Among them are two in which relatives of María del Rosario Sarabia were present; yes, her mother, her baby and two of her brothers. A case that is repeated in other families in the port of Acapulco.
In this situation, divers They only ask for the government’s support to find the lost crews faster..
Entire crews died on Acapulco yachts
According to information from Reforma, 20 crew of a yacht called “Aca Rey” They died when it sank due to Hurricane Otis.
It was a boat that It was docked in the Bay of Santa Lucía.
About, Alejandro Martínez Sidney, president of the National Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Services He told the newspaper the following: “They tried to fight the hurricane from their boats, moored to the buoys, so that if they could face it, they could free their boats. Only three boats made it. Three of the 800 vessels that were lost, including the ‘Aca Rey’. There were only three left floating“.
A similar case is that of the Litos Yacht, which according to social media users, disappeared with four crew members and left a last message: “This is getting more intense, there are several boats that have no longer been able to anchor; We thanks to the anchor and the chain that we have, but we are taking care because we do not trust. We have engines running. If you can see that boat has been fighting for a while, the truth is very, very strong. We are nervous, but we are sure“.
Relatives have reported that they are looking for their loved ones, who were on this boat. Is about Esteban Parra Morales39 years old; Abigail Andrade Rodríguez28 years old; Alejandro Sandoval Ugarte, 31 years old; and of Ulises Díaz Salgado.
Even recently, President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador in his conference pointed out that the Guerrero Prosecutor’s Office was also investigating the number of victims due to the passage of Otis in the area of the Acapulco Yacht Club, since only the death of a pilot who was taking care of the yacht “Aca Rey” has been confirmed..
But as with all the cases we have presented to you so far, they are relatives who are searching for the crews lost by Hurricane Otis in Acapulco.
They paid locals to stay on the yachts
Juan Quiñones, retired yacht captain, tells Óscar Balderas de Milenio that 15 of his friends and family are missing after yacht owners paid them to sleep on the boats while Otis arrived in Acapulcobecause this way they would remove the water that remained in the boats and turn on the engines to face the strong gusts of wind from the cyclone.
Now Juan and his families are looking for themsince several of those yachts were swept away by the water and ended up sinking.
They are currently still in a long list of 120 missing and “probable dead”.
And the authorities?
According to some photos taken by the Cuartoscuro agency, the Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR) It is already carrying out overflights and aquatic reconnaissance missions in Acapulco to find the bodies of crews who were shipwrecked after the passage of Hurricane Otis… almost a week later.
Meanwhile, families in Acapulco do not lose hope of finding the bodies of their loved ones. and they continue searching by land and by sea.
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