In the bay in front of Alcatraz: A dead man! Boat capsizes during sea burial

San Francisco (USA) – A sea burial ended in a tragic shipwreck: a boat with 20 people capsized – a man (79) died, three other people presumably went down with the ship and are trapped under water at a depth of 40 meters!

On Tuesday afternoon (US time), the 15-meter-long cabin boat left San Francisco Bay in California on a sad occasion. There were 20 members of an extended family on board; they wanted them Scatter ashes of a deceased relative in the waters of the bay. This happened in front of the notorious prison island of Alcatraz Shipwreck: The boat capsized along with the mourners! According to initial findings, a wave hit the flat boat. It listed and then tipped over. A little later the ship sank.

79-year-old dies

According to authorities, fishing boats immediately came to help. They took in the shipwrecked people. But there was no salvation for a 79-year-old died shortly after his rescue. A dog also died.

Another 16 people were brought safely ashore. Of these, 13 family members were taken to reception centers emergency services cared for. Three had to be treated in local hospitals but were released on Wednesday, US media reported.

Three missing people presumably in the wreck

The fate of three other family members is particularly dramatic. They could not be found in the water. After 23 hours, the US Coast Guard stopped the search. She had previously searched the area extensively for the missing people with eleven boats and four aircraft.

The coast guard’s assumption: The three were below deck and trapped when the accident occurred. The excursion boat sank at a depth of 40 meters. The rescue divers could not work safely at this depth, according to a coast guard spokesman. Therefore, underwater drones are supposed to search the wreckage for the missing people. There is probably no longer any hope of rescue for them. The cause of the accident is being further investigated.