California Boat Fire: What it looks like at the scene of the Conception fire.
In the shadow of Santa Cruz Island’s picturesque headlands and rocky fingers, a grim and increasingly frantic search for victims of the ConceptionAs the fog lifted on Monday at 2 p.m., at least three vessels were at sea in the vicinity of the doomed dive boat, a compact stretch of ocean a few hundred yards long and wide in a cove at the northernmost end of Santa Cruz Island.
They included a gray salvage ship with a large crane extended over the side where an aluminum skiff was anchored in relatively calm and clear seas with 1-foot swell. The smaller craft, which had raised a red and white striped flag indicating that there were divers in the water, occasionally lifted anchor and motored to shore.It was impossible to know, however, if it was ferrying bodies retrieved by divers to the custody of coroner officials.
Nearby, a Coast Guard cutter sliced through the water, warding off all non-rescue boat traffic with its intimidating size and a no-nonsense warning over the radio: “The captain has extended the security zone to 1 mile.”
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