Alcatraz boat victim identified as 79-year-old; search continues for 3 missing people

A erstwhile California reserve lawman sheriff has been identified arsenic the idiosyncratic who died aft a pleasance vessel carrying members of an extended household capsized successful the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay adjacent Alcatraz Island.

Clifford Joseph Boisa, 79, of Sutter County, died aft the three-level recreational vas sank Tuesday day with 20 radical aboard, authorities said. The Sutter County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Fox News Digital that Boisa served arsenic a reserve lawman sheriff opening successful 1987.

Three passengers remained missing Wednesday arsenic the U.S. Coast Guard and section agencies continued an extended hunt of the bay. Sixteen others were rescued, including 3 radical who were taken to section hospitals.

The passengers were members of an extended household gathered for a memorial work that included scattering a loved one's ashes successful San Francisco Bay, according to a study from The New York Times.

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Emergency crews rescued survivors aft a recreational vessel capsized adjacent Alcatraz Island successful San Francisco Bay connected Tuesday. (KTVU)

San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispin said crews were dispatched astatine astir 3:35 p.m. section clip aft receiving reports of a vas occurrence astir 600 yards disconnected Alcatraz Island betwixt the erstwhile situation and the Golden Gate Bridge.

When archetypal responders arrived, they recovered nary grounds of a fire, but alternatively discovered the vessel had capsized and was already mostly submerged.

Crispin said the San Francisco Police Department's marine portion recovered the vas with lone its precocious platform supra the water. The boat's motor was inactive running, and substance was leaking into the bay.

One idiosyncratic was recovered successful the water, portion the remaining occupants were located wrong the vessel's apical compartment earlier rescuers pulled them to safety, helium said.

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Rescuers pulled radical from the h2o aft a recreational vessel capsized adjacent Alcatraz Island successful San Francisco Bay connected Tuesday, leaving 1 idiosyncratic dormant and 2 missing. (KTVU)

Authorities person not yet determined what caused the vessel to sink. However, officials person said beardown summertime winds and rapidly changing conditions connected San Francisco Bay tin make unsafe boating conditions.

Commercial fishermen Mike Montoya and Justin Marceline, who rushed to assistance aft the vas went down, described a frantic rescue arsenic passengers fought to escape.

"There was adjacent radical banging astatine the windows arsenic they were similar filing out, and arsenic soon arsenic radical were hitting the water, we were conscionable trying to prime them up arsenic accelerated arsenic we can," the fishermen told NBC Bay Area. "Some radical didn't adjacent person beingness vests connected and they were drowning."

The Coast Guard and San Francisco Fire Department continued searching Wednesday utilizing boats, helicopters, thermal imaging, tide predictions and drift modeling to find the 3 missing passengers.

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San Francisco Fire Department and U.S. Coast Guard crews proceed searching San Francisco Bay for 3 radical missing aft a recreational vessel capsized adjacent Alcatraz Island connected July 15, 2026. One idiosyncratic died successful the incident. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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The Sutter County Sheriff's Office told Fox News Digital it had nary further accusation to supply astir Boisa. Fox News Digital besides reached retired to the San Francisco Fire Department for further information.

Officials said the vas departed from the country adjacent San Francisco's St. Francis Yacht Club. The origin of the sinking remains nether investigation.

Boisa's household did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

Fox News Digital's Michael Sinkewicz contributed to this report.