One person has died and three others are missing after a pontoon boat capsized around 600 yards from Alcatraz Island on Tuesday, the BBC reports.
San Francisco Fire Department received a report at 15:37 local time of a vessel in distress, department chief Dean Crispen said at a news conference.
A marine unit first on the scene witnessed a man in the water “in severe distress” and initiated CPR, Crispen said. He was declared deceased when brought to shore.
He said 20 people were on the three-deck pontoon boat, mostly family members, who were “engaging in some kind of memorial service.”
