The U.S. Coast Guard recovered 25 bodies after a boat caught fire and sank off the coast of southern California early Monday, while authorities are still searching for nine missing people, according to U.S. media reports.In what the New York Times called "one of California's worst maritime disasters in decades," the fire broke out while the 20-meter diving boat was anchored off the shore of Santa Cruz Island, just west Los Angeles, in the predawn hours.Five crew members, who were awake at the time, jumped off the boat immediately after it caught fire and were rescued by a nearby ship."I thi…READ FULL ARTICLE
