00:00A search that began with hope has ended in heartbreak. After days of searching the waters off Cannings Point and
00:06Scotland Bay following Sunday's boating accident, authorities have now recovered five of the six bodies who went missing when the
00:13vessel was split in half.
00:16The recovery efforts were intensified today with authorities discovering three bodies, two males and one female. This comes after two
00:25bodies were recovered yesterday, one near Cannings Point and the other just off Scotland Bay last night.
00:31At Shagaramus, the emotional toll of the tragedy was evident. Emotions ran high when Kiana's family arrived with grieving relatives
00:40overcome by tears. And while the family appeared composed during today's recovery, the pain of their loss was evident.
00:47For Kiana Seachan's family, the news that her body had been recovered brought a painful end to days of uncertainty.
00:55Her aunt Dixie Ann Phillip spoke to the media off camera, remembered Kiana as a young woman whose future was
01:02filled with promises as she had plans of becoming a teacher.
01:06Kiana Seachan was the child anybody would want. Very respectable, loving, understanding. She's caring. Honest. When she put your mind
01:22to something, Kiana's future was so bright. Kiana had so much plans.
01:25And while Kiana's family now mourns her loss, Phillip says there was a time when they were still holding on
01:32to hope. On the third day of the search, she made a personal appeal to the sea.
01:36On the third day of the search, she made a personal appeal to the sea, asking for Kiana and the
01:42other missing individuals to be returned to their families.
01:45Yesterday, I came and I realized it was three days. And from the Bible, after three days should rise. At
01:54least that's what I believe. And that's what I was told. I may be wrong.
01:57So on the third day, I came and I spoke to her. And I said, I'm a mother. I'm a
02:03daughter. I'm a sister. I'm a niece. I'm a grandmother. And all I'm asking for is for you to give
02:10it back to us. Not just me, but for all the families. Give us back our children.
02:16Then came news that the family had been dreading. As Phillip made her way to Shagaramas, she received the word
02:22that a body had been found and that it was the body of Kiana.
02:25So when I was on my way here and I heard that they found a body and it's hers, I
02:32think it was only fear for me to tell the sea.
02:35And even in the face of such devastating loss, Phillip is encouraging the other families not to abandon hope or
02:42their faith.
02:44Charlotte Kisto, TV6 News.
