One man was dead and three people remained missing Wednesday afternoon as the U.S. Coast Guard prepared to suspend its search at sunset, nearly 30 hours after the Volare capsized near Alcatraz Island.
Three people were hospitalized and later released, while 13 others returned home safely, San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said. The man who died was identified as Clifford Boisa, 79, the brother of the boat’s owner and pilot, John Boisa.
Coast Guard crews searched about 950 square nautical miles with 11 vessels and four aircraft but found no additional survivors. Capt. Jarod Toczko said there was a “high possibility” that the missing passengers had been trapped inside the three-level cabin cruiser when it rapidly rolled over and sank in roughly 130 feet of water.
Survivor accounts indicated that the vessel took a wave over its side, listed heavily and quickly overturned, Toczko said. Investigators had not determined why it lost stability, and the initial report of a fire remained unsubstantiated…