Lone survivor of migrant boat: ‘Mentally I was suffering … but I did not lose hope’

Colombian Juan Esteban Montoya Caicedo says 15 other migrants clung to upturned vessel but gradually slipped away

The sole survivor of a capsized boat found near Florida's coast said at least 15 other migrants tried to cling to the overturned vessel but couldn't hold on, some desperately tired and hungry when they let go.

Juan Esteban Montoya Caicedo, of Colombia, told a Spanish-language news conference in Fort Pierce, Florida, that a baby girl and other children were among the group of 40 that included Dominicans, Haitians, Bahamians and Jamaicans.