They say they set fire to clothes to try to get help after the boat 's engine died . At least 100 people died when a boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa . Italian authorities estimate that 200 people are still unaccounted for . `` There are definitely too many lives lost and definitely too many tragedies in the Mediterranean . '' ` ` Today is a day of tears , '' Father Francis says , as he marks a day of mourning .
They say they set fire to clothes to try to get help after the boat 's engine died . At least 100 people died when a boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa . Italian authorities estimate that 200 people are still unaccounted for . ` ` Today is a day of tears , '' Father Francis says , as he marks a day of mourning .