5 months ago

One person dead and four missing after boat failed to return from day trip

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. US Coast Guard officials led ​​a 57-hour combined search which spanned over 2,100 square miles, said officials On Saturday at 11:40pm, Coast Guards received an alert from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office concerning “six overdue boaters aboard a 21-foot blue and white vessel” who had left Westside Marina at around 3pm that day and were due to return by 7pm. On board the vessel were three adults and three teenagers reportedly aged 11, 14 and 17, Levi Read, chief petty officer with U.S. Coast Guard District 11 said, as per The New York Times. A search force encompassing Resident Coast Deputies, the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit, Henry One, the Sheriff’s Office Drone team, the Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team, Sonoma County Fire, Coast Guard boats, as well as helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft and State Parks joined forces to locate the overboard passengers. U.S. Coast Guard CWO Michael L. Zapawa, search and rescue coordinator for San Francisco said: “The decision to suspend a search is always difficult to make and never done lightly.

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