Eighty people are reported dead, including one baby, and 44 others were rescued Wednesday night from a boat found off the coast of the Canary Islands that had departed from Gambia, according to Spain's Interior Ministry. ↧ 80 dead, 44 rescued after boat found adrift off Canary Islands: Off... The boat, which had more than 100 people on board, had been drifting for likely 26 days, as it is believed to have departed Gambia on Aug. 7, the ministry confirmed.