Two children at a sailing program died after their boat was struck by another vessel in Miami Beach on Monday, July 28.

A total of six people were inside the sailboat when it was hit by a barge near Hibiscus Island around 11 a.m. local time, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a news release. Miami Beach Fire Rescue crews were the first to arrive and were later joined by rescue crews from local agencies, including Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, City of Miami Fire Rescue, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Coast Guard Station Miami Beach.

"All six individuals, an adult female and five juveniles, were recovered from the water and transported to a local hospital for treatment," the FWC said in a statement via X . "Tragically, two of the victims have succumbed to their injurie

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