latest from jacksonville, florida, the port from which the ship took off from. are officials taking this as a sign of hope or something else? reporter: they say it s too early, alex, to really say what this says about the fate of that ship. they did spot a few other things in the water yesterday when they recovered this life ring. the problem was it was so rough out there that the diver that went in the water was only able to pull out this one life ring. today the coast guard is telling me it s spotted more materials consistent with what would be on a ship. they can t confirm that anything they re seeing from the air is from the ship. presumably they ll be sending divers down into the water to try and pick up those objects and see what they are. they are getting calls in from outside sources about an oil slick in the area but the coast guard cannot confirm that it has spotted this oil slick at all. a lot of information coming in. this is where some of the family
ship hadn t lost propulsion. they also say the conversations with the captain while they were suffering this mechanical breakdown and also taking on a little bit of water that the crew was trying to troubleshoot. they were working on it. they d stopped the water at that point from coming on to the ship and they were all calm and really trying to work through this issue. then, of course, all communications stopped on thursday, and they haven t been heard from since. mechanical problems in a cat 4 hurricane. that s not a good combination. developing now, the medical aid group doctors without borders is demanding an independent invest sgigs yesterday s apparent air strike that hit an afghan hospital. they re now saying the death toll has risen to 22. john yang has been following this story from our london bureau. you spoke to a member of that aid organization. what did she tell you? that s right. vicki hawkens is the executive directions here in the united kingdom. she related the s
members have gathered here today, alex. they ve put up the cones, a sign, family members only. you can imagine just how agonizing this wait is. i ve spoke be to some of them. they have a lot of questions as they wait for word on their loved ones. they re also asking why they went out with a storm coming in. now tote shipping, the shipping agent spoke last night. here s what s they said about conversations with the captain before he left. he informed us he was adjusting his course accordingly to avoid the storm, and unfortunately, the ship became disabled because of a mechanical problem, and the ship found its way in the path of the storm. reporter: so they do say this never would have happened if the