Three missing after boat capsizes near Alcatraz during family ashes scattering

Rescuers continue search after one person and dog confirmed dead in boat capsizing in San Francisco Bay Rescuers searched a massive area for three missing people on Wednesday after a boat carrying 20 family members and friends in a memorial service capsized in the cold, fast-moving waters of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said. US Coast Guard captain Jared S Toczko said rescuers have cumulatively scoured 950 sq nautical miles (3,260 sq km) and would end rescue efforts after sundown on Wednesday. Toczko would not dismiss the possibility that those missing could still be alive, though he also said some could have been trapped inside the three-deck, 49-ft (15-meter) cabin cruiser. “We do know individuals were in the main deck and potentially below deck,” he said. At least one person and one dog died, and 16 people were rescued after the boat capsized on Tuesday afternoon in what witnesses described as “rough seas”, said Dean Crispen, San Francisco’s fire chief. “Apparently the vessel began to take on water and was turned over in the bay,” Crispen said at a news conference on Tuesday. The vessel’s motor was still running and leaking fuel when rescuers arrived, he s