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20 bodies recovered after California dive boat disaster

Former crewman James Miranda drops flowers into the water at the moorings in Santa Barbara, California where the boat that sank off the Santa Cruz islands was based
Search operations were suspended Tuesday for survivors of a scuba-diving boat disaster off the California coast after divers recovered 20 bodies and spotted another four to six trapped in underwater wreckage.The remains of 11 women and nine men were transferred to coroner offices after the 75-foot (23-meter) Conception caught fire and sank Monday, trapping below-deck passengers beneath the roaring blaze.
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