{"id":2045750,"date":"2026-07-15T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045750"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:09:46","slug":"one-dead-and-three-missing-after-boat-sinks-near-alcatraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2045750","title":{"rendered":"One dead and three missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One person has died and three others are missing after a pontoon boat capsized around 600 yards from Alcatraz Island on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A report of a vessel in distress came in at 15:37 local time (22:37 GMT), San Francisco Fire Department chief Dean Crispen said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A marine unit first on the scene witnessed a man in the water “in severe distress” and initiated CPR, Crispen said. He was declared deceased when brought to shore. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said 20 adults, mostly family members, were on the three-deck pontoon boat, a 50ft (15m) cabin cruiser called Volare, and they were “engaging in some kind of memorial service”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Authorities said a search and rescue operation by the San Francisco Fire Department and the US Coast Guard would continue throughout the evening. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Three people on the boat were injured and taken to a local hospital, where they were in a stable condition, Crispen told a news conference. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The man who died was 79-year-old Clifford Joseph Boisa, said the San Francisco medical examiner’ office. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Boisa was a resident of Sutter County, which is around a two-hour drive north-west of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The other 13 members on the boat returned safely to shore, and were not injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The fire department chief said the initial alert had indicated a vessel was on fire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But he said later there was no evidence of a blaze when the fire service arrived at the scene, with witnesses reporting rough seas and a vessel that began to take on water and was turned over in the bay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Longshoreman Justin Marceline, who alongside fisherman Mike Montoya helped rescue people from the vessel, according to Reuters news agency, said it was “complete chaos when we showed up”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Every time we had to grab a person, each one of them, either they were exhausted or they were frantic and were flailing,” Marceline said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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