A trip that was supposed to be filled with the beauty of the ocean, exploring the underwater world of the Channel Islands National Park, was instead marred in tragedy.
the Conception, the scuba-diving boat that caught fire before dawn Monday near Santa Cruz Island and sank
A photo left at a memorial for the victims of the Conception vessel reads “I love you Allie – and you know I always Will! I’ll miss you forever. Rob,” placed at the Sea Landing at Santa Barbara Harbor in Santa Barbara, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Officials say no one likely escaped the flames that tore through a boat packed with scuba divers and the search for survivors has been called off.
JJ Lambert, 38, and his fiancee, Jenna Marsala, 33, hang up a dive flag in remembrance of the victims of the Conception boat fire at a memorial site on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through the boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving multiple people dead and hope diminishing that any of the more than two dozen people still missing would be found alive.
A memorial outside Truth Aquatics for the victims of the Conception boat fire, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving multiple people dead and hope diminishing that any of the more than two dozen people still missing would be found alive.
Local officials pause as they hold a news conference outside of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s headquarters in Santa Barbara, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving multiple people dead and hope diminishing that any of the more than two dozen people still missing would be found alive.
A U.S. flag flies at half-staff on the Sea Landing, where the Truth Aquatics office is situated, at Santa Barbara Harbor in Santa Barbara, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. A boat carrying recreational scuba divers that caught a fire early Monday while anchored near Santa Cruz Island off the Southern California coast was owned and operated by Truth Aquatics.
People hug each other as they await news outside of the Truth Aquatics office in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Multiple people are feared dead after a dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast, according to the Coast Guard. In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department a dive boat is engulfed in flames after a deadly fire broke out aboard the commercial scuba diving vessel off the Southern California Coast Monday morning, Sept. 2, 2019.
Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester, right, addresses the media at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands base in Oxnard, Calif. Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. A dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast. Several crew members were rescued and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kroll told The Associated Press the Coast Guard was searching for others who may have been able to escape the fire by jumping from the boat.
The 75-foot Conception dive bota built in 1981, seen here on a past dive trip, caught fire and sunk off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Monday, Sept. 2, killing 34 people. Coast Guard crews leave the U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands in Oxnard, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Authorities have recovered the bodies of several people who died after a raging fire swept through a dive-boat, which sank off the Southern California coast Monday.
Local law enforcement and fire officials prepare for a second day of searching on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, Sept. 2, leaving multiple people dead and little hope that any of the people still missing would be found alive.
Divers with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriffâs Dive Team walk past local beachgoers as they prepare for a second day of searching on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, Sept. 2, leaving multiple people dead and little hope that any of the people still missing would be found alive.
“There are no locked doors on these vessels,” Rochester said at the press conference. “It’s open berthing. The only privacy you have are curtains. There are only curtains.”Coast Guard records show the Conception was inspected in February and no deficiencies were found. Like the Conception itself, the dive-boat operators, too, have a good reputation, said Thomas Kruger, director of scuba operations at Dive N’ Surf in Redondo Beach, who is familiar with the company and the vessel.The Conception, now on the ocean floor in about 60 feet of water near the north end of Santa Cruz Island, must be stabilized before divers can return to get the victims’ bodies that have been seen and others.
Officials have given the recovered bodies visual inspections but autopsies had not been done yet. Of the 20 bodies taken to a coroner’s facility so far, 11 were females and nine were males.
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