A Haitian migrant died while on board a Coast Guard cutter off the South Florida coast the Coast Guard District 7 reported. A group of more than 50 migrants had been interdicted about 2 miles off Lake Worth Inlet.
The mariner, whose identity is being withheld at this time, was reported missing from USNS Medgar Evers Wednesday after the mariner failed to appear for a morning meeting, said LaShawn Sykes, a spokesperson for Military Sealift Command. USNS Medgar Evers is a Military Sealift dry cargo and ammunition ship that delivers supplies to the Navy and allied ship while at sea.