investigation and lieutenant steve johnson assisting him in that regard. i am going to be joined by dr. stephen ka mi nsy who is the director of trauma services and he will be speaking following my remarks. i want to acknowledge and thank the community leaders who are present here today to show their support. and we have a second county district department janle wolf. and doreen far and chancellor henry ya ng in santa barbara. dr. lori gadsen who is the president of the the city college. and carlos, who is special agent in charge of the los angeles office of bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. and dr. lesly lunt who is with
you d get wet. reporter: the mexican navy says the boat was carrying 43 people, including 27 american tourists, and 16 mexican crew members, when it sank. crew members, we dodot know how many crew members have been rescued and their locations. reporter: the erik left san felipe on the sea of cortez saturday afternoon on a six-day fishing trip. an unexpected thunderstorm and strong winds capsized the boat about two miles from shore. ya ng s husband michael from belmont, california, is a seasoned fisherman. he survived the ordeal by swimming to shore. she spoke to him a short time later. they had life jackets on. and they actually did have time to put on life jackets. so that s a good thing. reporter: a coast guard helicopter took off from san diego to help with the search. once many of the survivors made it to shore on their own they had to hike to find help. some of the people on the water made it to shore by swimming and walked to town. and that s how they alerted the me