article_snippet.sent: (CNN)At least 21 people were killed during a shipwreck off the northern coast of Haiti, the country's civil protection directorate told CNN on Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: Rescuers, most of them volunteers from the town of Le Borgne and surrounding communities, were dispatched to the scene  and rescued at least 12 people, civil protection spokesman Joseph Edgar Celestin said.
article_snippet.sent: The search for survivors is ongoing, civil protection spokesman Joseph Edgar Celestin added.
article_snippet.sent: So far, 11 victims -- eight men and three women -- have been identified, civil protection spokesman Joseph Edgar Celestin said.