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 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Friday for nearly 50 Haitian migrants feared dead after their homemade boat caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean, an agency spokesman said.
Crews stopped looking for survivors and remains after a nearly 31-hour search across 1,250 square miles yielded only the remains of five passengers, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Barry Bena said.
Two of the estimated 56 passengers were rescued Tuesday by an American couple sailing from Panama to Antigua.
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