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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Aug 4, 2025, 07:50 AM Aug 4

Third girl dies after sailboat crash with barge near Miami Beach, family and officials confirm

Third girl dies after sailboat crash with barge near Miami Beach, family and officials confirm

By John MacLauchlan, Sergio Candido, Nadirah Z. Sabir
Updated on: August 3, 2025 / 11:57 PM EDT / CBS Miami

Ari Buchman, a 10-year-old girl who was on a summer camp sailboat that crashed with a barge near Miami Beach last Monday, has died, her family, synagogue and officials confirmed Sunday. She's the third child killed in the incident.

She and several other children were part of a summer sailing camp operated by the Miami Yacht Club. The sailboat she was on and a barge collided in Biscayne Bay on July 28, killing two young girls and critically injuring Buchman and a fourth girl.

Mila Yankelevich, 7, the granddaughter of prominent Argentine media producers Cris Morena and Gustavo Yankelevich, drowned soon after impact, investigators said. Thirteen-year-old Erin Ko Han also died by accidental drowning, authorities said.

The fourth girl, an 8-year-old, was released from a local hospital on Thursday.

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Third girl dies after sailboat crash with barge near Miami Beach, family and officials confirm (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 4 OP
This is very sad. Hope22 Aug 4 #1

Hope22

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1. This is very sad.
Mon Aug 4, 2025, 08:13 AM
Aug 4

As a sailor I have to say barges are slow to stop and hard to maneuver. We heard a barge call on the radio yesterday. He announced his intentions, gave a time of arrival and specifically told fishing vessels to follow the law and remove their vessel from his path to avoid disaster. I’m not sure why the instructor didn’t see the danger. I’m sure she will forever ask herself the same thing.

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