The first search began after a man was rescued from the water by a good Samaritan Friday, two days after his boat capsized. The man was found about 23 miles off the coast of Fort Pierce, according to USCG Southeast.
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The Coast Guard responded and took the man, a Jamaican national, to a hospital.
The man told the Coast Guard he and six others were in a boat that capsized Wednesday. The boat departed from Bimini, Bahamas.
The second search involves a "6-foot makeshift vessel" that went missing off the coast of Key West, the Coast Guard said. The vessel departed Havana, Cuba, Friday with 10 people on board.
A spokesperson for USCG told CNN it's unclear why the vessel went missing.
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The Coast Guard deployed search planes and multiple boats to search for survivors.
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