Sole survivor of capsized boat with 40 onboard recounts last moments with sister: "People were grabbing her"

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 there was a baby girl and other children among the group of 40 that included Dominicans, Haitians, Bahamians and Jamaicans. They set out for Florida from Bimini in the Bahamas on January 22, a Saturday. His sister was part of the group but drowned, he said.

Authorities had said the boat capsized shortly after departing.