1 dead, 3 missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay

As of July 27, a azygous passenger remains missing from the Volare.

One idiosyncratic died and three were missing successful the San Francisco Bay connected Tuesday aft a vessel with 20 radical connected committee sank adjacent Alcatraz Island, authorities said.

The San Francisco Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a telephone astatine astir 3:30 p.m. of a vessel occurrence betwixt the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.

San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said a constabulary marine portion arrived archetypal and saw a antheral successful the h2o successful "severe distress" and brought him onto their boat, wherever they began CPR. He was past taken to Gashouse Cove, wherever helium was declared dead. 

Crispen said 19 radical were initially believed to beryllium connected the boat, but witnesser accounts enactment the fig astatine 20. 

Thirteen passengers were brought safely to shore, portion 3 were taken to a infirmary and were successful unchangeable condition. Crispen said astir of their injuries were interaction injuries from jumping into the water. 

Three radical stay missing, the occurrence main said.

San Francisco Fire Lt. Mariano Elias said the boat, named Volare, was based retired of Stockton and was a 50-foot compartment cruiser. It was not instantly wide what caused the vessel to descend astir 600 yards from Alcatraz.

"The accusation we person is that it near from St. Francis Yacht Club, and the archetypal study was a vas connected fire. Upon arrival, our members did not grounds immoderate fire. The reports we've had from witnesses is that determination was unsmooth seas and seemingly the vas began to instrumentality connected h2o and was turned implicit successful the bay," Crispen said.

Crews had 11 vessels progressive successful the effort to find the missing boaters, Crispen said, and they planned to proceed their hunt done the night.

"I privation to marque definite that each household subordinate retired determination and everybody knows that we are successful an progressive search," San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said. "This is an all-hands-on-deck hunt and, hopefully, rescue."  

Crispen said each the radical connected committee are adults, and astir of them are household members. 

"Our knowing was determination was immoderate benignant of memorial work they were engaging in. That's wherefore they were utilizing this peculiar vessel," Crispen said.

Officials acceptable up a household reunification halfway astatine Fort Mason, which is westbound of Fisherman's Wharf, and the 13 taken safely to enactment were astatine the center.  

Crispen said the archetypal rescue besides progressive the Oakland Police Department's marine portion and backstage vessels successful summation to the Coast Guard.

Anyone who believes a household subordinate whitethorn person been connected the vessel and is looking for much accusation should telephone 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767).