Alcatraz Boat Sinking Kills 1, Leaves 2 Missing as 16 Are Rescued
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Updated · Spectrum News · Jul 15
Alcatraz Boat Sinking Kills 1, Leaves 2 Missing as 16 Are Rescued
3 articles · Updated · Spectrum News · Jul 15
Summary
Nineteen people were reported aboard a pontoon pleasure boat that sank about 600 yards from Alcatraz Island, leaving one person and one dog dead, two people missing and 16 pulled from the water.
Search-and-rescue crews from the San Francisco Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard and Oakland Fire Department were still searching Tuesday, with a triage area set up ashore and all rescued passengers taken to Gashouse Cove Marina.
Authorities initially treated the incident as a boat fire, but later said they found no signs of one, even though an SFFD official had earlier said the fire started before the vessel went down.
Three rescued people were taken to a San Francisco hospital in earlier updates, while live footage showed other survivors wrapped in blankets near ambulances, underscoring the severity of the bay rescue.