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One person is dead and three others missing after a boat, a cabin cruiser carrying about 20 people, capsized and sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay
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The emergency call came in just after 3.30 Tuesday afternoon with the boat about 600 yards from Alcatraz
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By the time rescue crews arrived, the vessel was almost completely underwater with some passengers clinging to the outside and others trapped inside, banging on submerged windows as the water closed in
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It was complete chaos when we showed up. People were hanging on to the side of the boat, and when we had drove past the boat
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I could see people that were below the water line inside the boat where the windows were covered by water
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and they were banging on the windows trying to break them, but they couldn't get up. It was a wild scene, like, to pull up to that
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Rescuers pulled 16 people from the water. Three of the injured went to the hospital and were expected to be released last night
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Those rescuers also brought a severely injured man to shore and performed CPR, but sadly he was dead
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Fire Chief Dean Crispin says most of the passengers appear to have been family members taking part in a memorial service
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The emergency was initially reported as a boat fire, but officials say they have found no evidence of one
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The Coast Guard and local authorities are continuing to search for the three missing people using divers, helicopters and boats
