Nearly 50 people are known to have died due to Otis, which struck just after midnight in the early hours of Oct. 25.
The late sailor's sister, Maria Jesus Castro, told Reuters that Castro had sent a video to her just after midnight, saying the sea was "getting very ugly."
Looking down at his coffin, she added, "Look at where the ship is, there are no signs of the ship, and look, my love, look where he is."
She related how authorities told her that Castro's body had been admitted to a morgue in Acapulco on Oct. 27, seven days before the family was contacted.
(Reporting by Jose Luis Gonzalez in Acapulco; Writing by Sarah Kinosian; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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