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Bayesian superyacht victims were trapped alive when ship went down, died of ‘dry drowning’: report
By Allie Griffin,
6 hours ago
Four of the seven victims killed in the Bayesian superyacht wreck were trapped alive inside the ship’s cabins as the vessel went down off the coast of Sicily last month, according to their autopsies.
New York City lawyer Chris Morvillo, his wife Neda, along with Morgan Stanley Bank International chair Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy, all died of “dry drowning,” according to tests conducted over the past two days, Italian outlet la Repubblica reported .
None of the four passengers aboard the 185-foot sailboat had water in their lungs, trachea or stomach — revealing that they did not drown in the seawater after the ship began sinking during an Aug. 19 storm.
The $40 million Bayesian superyacht sunk during a bad storm on Aug. 19. ZUMAPRESS.com
Pathologists with the Palermo Institute of Forensic Medicine determined the four victims died of asphyxiation when the air bubble they huddled in ran out of oxygen and became toxic with carbon dioxide.
They said the victims’ cause of death was “death by confinement,” according to the Italian publication.
The bodies of the Morvillos and the Bloomers — and that of British tech billionaire and the yacht owner Mike Lynch — were found inside the same cabin room on the left side of the $40 million yacht.
The ship sank to the ocean floor and sat tilted on its right side — which means the victims were likely awake as they headed inside the cabins that filled with water last in hopes of finding air pockets.
But the air pockets quickly became toxic as the victims breathed in the last of its oxygen and breathed out carbon dioxide.
Victims, Morgan Stanley Bank International chair Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy, died of “dry drowning.” FAMILY HANDOUT/AFP via Getty Images
Lynch’s wife and Hanna’s mother, Angela Bacares — who survived the shipwreck — reportedly tried to warn those below the ship’s deck but was injured when she stepped on broken glass and wasn’t able to reach the cabins as they quickly filled with water, the local outlet reported.
Bacares was among 15 passengers and crew members on the yacht to survive.
New York City lawyer Chris Morvillo was among the victims who suffocated when the air bubble they were in ran out of oxygen. Bloomberg via Getty Images
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