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A 183-foot luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily was upended by a tornado on Monday. One day later, the disaster is still unfolding, as one person has been confirmed to have passed away, and six of the 22 passengers on board are presumed now to have died in the accident, according to recent reports from The Wall Street Journa<\/em><\/a>l.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n Amongst the 15 people<\/a> rescued, a 35-year-old British woman by the name of Charlotte Golunski recounted her harrowing experience. Attributing her survival<\/a> to being on the deck of the sinking yacht when the storm hit, she described being awoken by lightning and thunder. The storm then threw her into the dark sea. Her caregiving instincts<\/a> appear to have kicked in after the yacht succumbed to the storm and Golunksi used her strength to hoist her one-year-old daughter above her head in the churning water to save her from drowning.\u00a0<\/p>\n Golunski and her family survived the incident, although they avoided disaster by a slim margin.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFor two seconds I lost my daughter in the sea then quickly hugged her amid the fury of the waves,\u201d she told Italian outlet Giornale di Sicilia<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was all dark. In the water I couldn\u2019t keep my eyes open,\u201d she told newspaper La Repubblica<\/em>. \u201cI screamed for help, but all I could hear around me was the screams of the others.\u201d She was able to take reprieve upon a lifeboat alongside 11 survivors.\u00a0<\/p>\n Aboard the British yacht known as the \u201cBayesian,\u201d was also Mike Lynch<\/a>. Lynch was the one who, in fact, invited Golunski and her family, according to the Washington Post<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Still missing and now presumed dead, Lynch is a tech tycoon and former chief executive of Autonomy who recently made headlines after being acquitted of alleged fraud.<\/a>\u00a0Once known as \u201cBritain\u2019s Bill Gates<\/a>,\u201d Lynch also developed a reputation for railing against Silicon Valley culture<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n He was subsequently embroiled in a more than decade-long trial that was once called by a U.S. investigator as the biggest fraud ever to hit the area, per the Financial Times<\/em><\/a>. Lynch\u2019s lawyer, Clifford Chance<\/a> senior partner Chris Morvillo, was also on the yacht and now is missing in the group of six. Jonathan Bloomer, Morgan Stanley\u2019s International Chairman was also reported missing<\/a> and is presumed dead. <\/p>\n Bloomer\u2019s wife Judy and Morvillo\u2019s wife Neda are also presumed dead, according to the WSJ<\/em>, along with Lynch\u2019s teenaged daughter Hannah. Lynch\u2019s wife, Angela Bacares, was rescued. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nRecommended Newsletter:<\/strong> CEO Daily provides key context for the news leaders need to know from across the world of business. Every weekday morning, more than 125,000 readers trust CEO Daily for insights about\u2013and from inside\u2013the C-suite. Subscribe Now<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n