One of the victims was 20-year-old América Yamilet Sánchez, a cadet from Xalapa, Veracruz. Her death was confirmed by Veracruz Governor Rocío Nahle García and multiple Mexican media outlets.

América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, was in the final year of her studies at the naval academy when she was killed aboard the naval teaching vessel Cuauhtemoc on Saturday.

Relatives of Naval Academy Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, who died aboard a Mexican Navy sailing ship that collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, embrace next to her coffin, in Xalapa, Mexico ...

América Yamilet Sánchez of Xalapa, the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz, and Adal Jair Marcos of Oaxaca were on one of the ship's masts when the tall ship the Cuauhtémoc collided with ...

Navy cadet America Yamilet Sánchez, 20, and Adal Jair Marcos, of Oaxaca, were killed on board the Mexican ship Cuauhtémoc when it crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in New York ...

Cosme Sanchez, left, Rocio Hernandez, center, and Anderson Sanchez, family members of Naval Academy Cadet América Yamilet Sánchez, who died aboard a Mexican navy ship that collided with the ...

América Yamilet Sánchez, 20, was in the final year of her studies at the naval academy when she was killed aboard the naval teaching vessel Cuauhtemoc on Saturday.