The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 8, 2015 Coast Guard Ends Search for Survivors from Sunken El Faro ---------------------------------------------------------- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for surviving crew members from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank off the Bahamas after being battered by Hurricane Joaquin over the weekend. Thirty-three people were on board, most of them American. Scientists have linked stronger hurricanes to climate change. .