Body recovered from sunken Gloucester fishing boat identified

Body recovered from sunken Gloucester fishing boat identified

The lone body recovered from the water after the sinking of the Lily Jean, a fishing vessel out of Gloucester, has been identified as Accursio Sanfilippo, the ship’s 55-year-old captain.The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Sanfilippo as the individual recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard after the 72-foot ship sank off the coast of Cape Ann on Friday with seven people aboard.

Tragedy at Sea: Coast Guard Confirms Identities of 7 Victims in Gloucester Fishing Boat Sinking off Massachusetts Coast - Internewscast Journal

The U.S. Coast Guard has solemnly disclosed the identities of the seven individuals who tragically lost their lives when a commercial fishing vessel from