{"id":403118,"date":"2026-07-18T03:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403118\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T03:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:57:15","slug":"san-francisco-police-find-wreckage-of-sunken-boat-near-alcatraz-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403118\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco police find wreckage of sunken boat near Alcatraz Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said 20 people were aboard the vessel, Volare, for a memorial service when it began sinking around 3:37 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities on Friday found the wreckage of the 49-foot boat that capsized and sank in the San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators believe the vessel was struck by a wave, took on water, and rolled over, throwing many passengers into the bay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SAN FRANCISCO &#8211; Authorities on Friday found the wreckage of the 49-foot boat that capsized and sank in the San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Francisco police made the announcement Friday afternoon as authorities <a data-ylk=\"slk:continue to search for two boat passengers that remain missing.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/alcatraz-san-francisco-boat-search-thursday\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">continue to search for two boat passengers that remain missing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials said 20 people were aboard the vessel, Volare, for a memorial service when it began sinking around 3:37 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Boat sinking in San Francisco Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The backstory<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A total of 16 people were rescued from the boat, one person was declared deceased and <a data-ylk=\"slk:three were declared missing.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/san-francisco-boat-rescue-underway-near-alcatraz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">three were declared missing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The body of one of the missing individuals was found Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators believe the vessel was struck by a wave, took on water, and rolled over, throwing many passengers into the bay.<\/p>\n<p>Victims identified<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Francisco police <a data-ylk=\"slk:found a body near Treasure Island;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/body-found-san-francisco-bay\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">found a body near Treasure Island<\/a> on Thursday afternoon. That person identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office was identified as Tondra Millier, also known as Tondra Madruga, 58, of Sacramento County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She is the second person identified in connection to the sinking vessel, Volare,<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first victim who died was identified as 79-year-old Clifford Boisa. He was declared dead after receiving CPR from first responders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Family members told KTVU that Clifford Boisa&#8217;s wife, Jackie, is among those who have not been located. Clifford Boisa&#8217;s sister, Carol, is also missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family stated they believe the missing individuals went down with the boat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The San Francisco Police Department is leading the search and recovery operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SFPD marine divers and a team from Alameda County used boat-mounted sonar to conduct a grid search for the boat&#8217;s wreckage and unaccounted for passengers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Francisco Police Department and previous KTVU reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Authorities said 20 people were aboard the vessel, Volare, for a memorial service when it began&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[71025,101,1914,103,102,18816,104,106,105,161251],"class_list":["post-403118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-alcatraz-island","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-bay","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-san-francisco-police","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-volare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}