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A Haitian migrant who grabbed a piece of driftwood and floated in the Atlantic Ocean to a tiny islet was rescued on Wednesday, bringing the number of passengers saved after their sloop capsized in the Bahamas to 111, the U.S. Coast Guard said. About 30 other migrants are believed to have died after the overcrowded wooden sailboat ran aground and capsized near Staniel Cay in the central Bahamas on Monday. The latest rescue occurred shortly after the search for survivors resumed at daybreak on Wednesday, said Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios, a Coast Guard spokesman in Miami. "The survivor found a piece of driftwood and pretty much clinged to it until he got to a small island where he was able to flag down the U.S. Coast Guard flying overhead," Rios said.
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