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7 boaters survive 20 hours in Fla. waters; 1 dead

A commercial fisherman called the Coast Guard after spotting Jorge Alejo Gonzalez, Juglar Riveras and Jose Miguel De Armas clinging to their capsized boat earlier Sunday

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Seaman Kendra Graves, right, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Femia assist EMS personnel in Marathon, Fla., with one of seven boaters rescued after treading water for around 20 hours after the boat capsized and sank.

By Jennifer Kay
Associated Press

MIAMI — Authorities have identified the South Florida family who spent 20 hours adrift in choppy waters off the Florida Keys after their boat capsized.

Florida wildlife officials say the U.S. Coast Guard picked up Yunisleidy Lima Tejada and her 4-year-old daughter Fabiana, along with Elena Gonzalez and her sister-in-law Tomasa Torres Gonzalez. The women and girl were found clinging to a cooler Sunday morning.

A commercial fisherman called the Coast Guard after spotting Jorge Alejo Gonzalez, Juglar Riveras and Jose Miguel De Armas clinging to their capsized boat earlier Sunday.

Jorge and Elena Gonzalez’s mother, 80-year-old Zaida San Jurjo Gonzalez of Hialeah, also was on the boat when waves suddenly flipped it over as the family fished off the Middle Keys on Saturday. She remains missing and is presumed drowned.