Its like im in a bad dream. A grim reality. A mother in the north bay is among those who lost someone in the diving boat disasterthry eoo itorm zone. Were with local rescue crews as they gear up to help as Hurricane Dorian accelerates towards florida. Abc7 news starts right now. Now news to build a better bay area, from abc7. 20 bodies have been recovered. 14 people are still missing after the dive boat in Southern California caught fire and sank. Tonight were learning more about who was on board. New at 11 00, the mother of one of the victims who lived in mill valley spoke to abc7 News Reporter kate larsen. Indicate . Alma, dan, nancy, her only salvation is believing that her daughter died peacefully in her sleep after a Beautiful Day of diving. Lisa texted me sunday night. And what did she say . She said im having a great time. Beautiful spot. Hours later, before dawn on monday morning, the diving boat lisa fiedler was on caught fire and sank in Southern Californias Channel Islands.
Recovered so far, of the 34 people presumed dead. The cause of that fire is still unknown. Reporter the process of identifying the victims and notifying families is underway very search efforts for survivors ended tuesday after labor day dive boat excursion of Southern California turns tragic. 39 on board, 33 passengers, six crew. But early monday morning a fire broke out, dropping those sleeping in bunks below deck, blocking, according to the sheriff, the one exit and escape hatch. 34 died in the inferno, 20 bodies recovered. Deputies hope to find remaining victims today, but the conception remains upside down and unstable and 65 feet of water. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts, we know this is a very difficult time for families and friends of the victims. Five crewmembers sleeping on the top deck escaped by jumping off and taking a small boat to safety. Two went back to look for survivors but found no one. Today efforts will be made to stabilize the boat so that
Women and 9 men. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts. We know that this is a very difficult time for families and friends of the victims. We have suspended the search efforts due to none witnessed entering the water. Reporter the 75foot conception was anchored about 25 yards off Santa Cruz Island when it caught fire. Passengers in the bottom of the ship were likely sound asleep at the time of the fire. Since many, if not all, of the victims recovered will need to be identified through dna analysis investigators will commence with family members to collect dna samples for comparison purposes. Reporter investigators are trying to figure out the cause of the fire. People on the dock say there are stoves on these boats, and that could be a possibility. Reporting from santa barbara, abc 7 news. A 16member team from the National Transportation safety board arrived on scene today leading the cause into what cause this had tragedy. I am 100 confident that our investigators w
Whewere there life jackets, life boats. A preliminary investigation in ten days and a final report in 12 to 24 months. We also learned today that many of the victims had ties to Northern California and the bay area. And theres this chilling bit of information. One family lost five people in this disaster. Lets begin our coverage with abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman live in stockton. Wayne . Reporter Sierra Middle School is a place that has been touched by this tragedy much of the surprise students, teachers, parents, Staff Members heard the news this morning. Theyre still trying to process it. By the time classes let out at Sierra Middle School in stockton today it seemed unbelievable and yet unavoidable that yesterdays boat tragedy could hit home here with pain so broad and such a well known and loved victim. She was good. She was kind. A good teacher. Reporter angela was a science teacher, one of five members from one family who perished in yesterday mornings fire. Two of her sist
Today, henry lee found out that a local High School Teacher was on the boat. Weve also learned that the majority of the victims are from santa cruz and the san jose area. Lori naylor spoke with several people today about the victims. Parents from a Charter School here in santa cruz along with the owner of a local diving company. Authorities tuesday revealed new information about the dozens of victims now feared dead in the dive boat fire in Santa Barbara county. While authorities have not released any names, the sheriff said initial information indicates that victims range from a 17yearold to some people in their 60s. The majority of the people on this ship appeared to have been from the santa cruz, san jose, bay area region, that contracted with this company that chartered this vessel. A Family Member identifies one of the victims as kristi finstad, the coowner of worldwide diving ventures in santa cruz, says that she was leading a p on the boat. We know that people here are learning