Overview
- Deputies from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Marine Unit who were training on the bay heard a water-rescue call and responded to a capsized sailboat about half a mile east of San Francisco International Airport.
- Crews on two marine-unit boats found three people clinging to the overturned vessel and hauled them aboard for immediate care.
- The three occupants, identified as Foster City residents, were taken to Coyote Point Marina and evaluated by EMS and firefighters for cold-water exposure before being medically cleared.
- Deputies towed the disabled sailboat to Coyote Point Marina and Sheriff Ken Binder publicly praised the Marine Unit for its quick, professional response.
- Authorities have not released a cause for the capsize and the investigation into what led the vessel to overturn remains open.