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    Twin of missing banker Jonathan Bloomer hopeful ‘air pockets’ are keeping Bayesian yacht passengers alive

    By Isabel Keane,

    2024-08-21

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    The twin brother of the Morgan Stanley chairman missing after the Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Italy said there may be air pockets in the sunken vessel keeping those yet to be found alive.

    Morgan Stanley Bank International chair Jonathan Bloomer’s twin brother, Jeremy, said their family is anxiously awaiting news on his sibling’s condition after the banker and his wife, Judy, went missing when the superyacht capsized and sank during a violent storm Monday.

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    Jonathan Bloomer (above) is one of six people missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily. Getty Images

    “They’re still going down to the wreck, they can’t get through at the moment because of the debris in the way,” Jeremy Bloomer told BBC.

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    “It’s a slow process, and it will take time. There might be air pockets but we don’t know,” he added.

    Jeremy said the only news the family had received was confirmation that his brother was on the yacht, but that the family is doing the best they can to support each other.

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    “He was my elder by half an hour, so, it means a lot when you lose a twin brother. We’ll still wait and see, so it’s fingers crossed,” he said.

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    Six passengers of the Bayesian are still missing. DAPRESS / SplashNews.com
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    Rescuers are racing the clock to find the remaining passengers, with debris causing issues in accessing the vessel. VIGILI DEL FUOCO HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

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    In addition to the Bloomers, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch , his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, top New York City lawyer Christopher Morvillo and his wife, Neda, a jewelry designer, are also still missing.

    One person, the ship’s on-board chef, was killed when the yacht capsized off the coast of Sicily early Monday.

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    Bloomer’s twin brother said he hoped there was an air pocket on the ship keeping his sibling alive. BAIA Santa Nicolicchia/AFP via Getty Images

    Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged ship, was among the 15 crew members and passengers to survive.

    While authorities have said the chances of passengers surviving the disaster were very small, they did not rule out the possibility.

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