RESCUE
RESCUE EFFORT. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M STEVE PRICE AND I'M GOING
TO SUMMARIZE THIS HAPPENED
AROUND TEN THIRTY THIS MORNING
OFF POINT LOMA NEAR CABRILLO
NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE BOAT WAS
DESTROYED LEAVING THIRTY PEOPLE
ON BOARD NEEDING HELP. THEY ARE
ALL PULLED FROM THE WATER BUT
THREE OF THEM DID NOT SURVIVE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS
TRAGIC STORY NEWS8 TIM BLODGETT
IS LIVE AT HILTER ISLAND WITH
HOW WITNESSES JUMPED IN TO TRY
AND HELP THE VICTIMS. BUT WE'RE
GOING TO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
NEWS8 CARRIE LEE. SHE'S LIVE IN
MISSION BAY WHERE LOCAL AND
FEDERAL OFFICIALS JUST HELD A
NEWS CONFERENCE. CARRIE, WHAT'S
THE LATEST? WELL, WHAT I CAN
TELL YOU IS THAT THAT PHONE
CALL CAME IN AT NINE FIFTY SIX
THIS MORNING. AS YOU SAID, THAT
VESSEL SLAMMING INTO A REEF
ALONG POINT LOMA JUST NEAR TIDE
POOL AREA WE'RE TOLD ABOUT 30
PEOPLE WERE ON BOARD THAT SHIP
AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED SOME
OF THEM WERE FACE DOWN DROWNING
IN THE WATER AS A RESULT OF THE
MAGNITUDE OF THIS AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, IT WAS ALL HANDS ON
DECK REALLY LOOKS MORE LIKE A
MOVIE BEING MADE AND IT'S BEEN
AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY WHICH
UNFORTUNATELY IS THE CASE.
MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE CALLED
OUT TO THE SCENE THIS MORNING
TO ASSIST IN A RESCUE EFFORT
AFTER A 40 FOOT CABIN CRUISER
BROKE INTO SEVERAL PIECES.
SEVEN PEOPLE WERE PULLED FROM
THE WATER WITH TWO FLOATING
FACE DOWN. THE CURRENT
CONDITIONS DID NOT MAKE THINGS
ANY EASIER FOR LIFEGUARDS.
CONDITIONS ARE PRETTY ROUGH
FIVE TO SIX FEET OF SURF, WINDY
COLD WATERS AROUND 60 DEGREES.
SO IT'S YOU GET HYPOTHERMIA
PRETTY QUICKLY. MULTIPLE PEOPLE
DID SUFFER FROM HYPOTHERMIA AS
WELL AS A NUMBER OF INJURIES
THAT OFFICIALS ARE UNABLE TO
ELABORATE ON AT THIS TIME. WHAT
WE DO KNOW IS THAT LIFEGUARDS
MADE SEVEN WATER RESCUES, A
CLIFF RESCUE, ONE MAJOR TRAUMA
AND THREE CPR. THREE PEOPLE
WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD WHILE
OTHERS WERE LOADED ON
STRETCHERS AND RUSHED TO EIGHT
DIFFERENT AREA HOSPITALS
ACCORDING TO A BORDER PATROL
AGENT JEFF STEVENSON. THIS WAS
A HUMAN SMUGGLING OPERATION AND
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE
IMMIGRANTS PUT IN DANGEROUS
SITUATIONS AS THEY LOOKED
ACROSS THE U.S. BORDER. THEY
DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE
THEY'RE EXPLOITING. ALL THEY
CARE ABOUT IS PROFIT TO THEM.
THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST
COMMODITIES SO YOU CAN SEE THAT
IN THE WAY THEY TREAT THEM
INADEQUATE SAFETY EQUIPMENT
REALLY POORLY EQUIPPED VESSELS.
THEY'LL GIVE THEM FLOTATION
DEVICES, LIFE JACKETS. BUT
THEY'RE THEY'RE OLD. THEY'RE
TATTERED. IT'S NOT LIKE NORMAL
YOU'D SEE WELL NOW OFFICIALS
ARE UNABLE TO TELL US AT THIS
TIME IF ANY MINORS WERE
INVOLVED. BUT WE DO KNOW THE
CAPTAIN OF THE BOAT HAS BEEN
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AS FOR THE
AMOUNT OF HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES
THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST
YEAR HERE IN SAN DIEGO, THOSE
NUMBERS HAVE DRASTICALLY
INCREASED. I'LL HAVE THOSE
DETAILS COMING UP FOR YOU ON
NEWS8 AT 630 LATION STEVE
CAREY, THANK YOU. RESCUE CREWS
FOUND A TRAGIC AND CHAOTIC
SCENE WHEN THEY ARRIVED BUT
THEY QUICKLY JUMPED INTO ACTION
TO SAVE LIVES. FOR MORE ON THAT
PART OF THE STORY, WE'RE GOING
TO GO LIVE TO NEWS8 TIM
BLODGETT. HE'S THERE ON SHELTER
ISLAND. TIM. YEAH, STEPHEN
ALEESHA THAT BOAT THAT CAPSIZED
OFF THE COAST OF POINT LOMA
THIS AFTERNOON LED THE RESCUE
EFFORTS FROM NATIONAL AGENCIES
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOCAL
HARBOR POLICE AND THOSE THAT
WERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT A
TIDE POOLS THAT DAY WITNESSED
EVERYTHING AND ONE MAN WHO
SPOKE TO NEWS8 JUMPED IN AND
HELPED THIS WAS THE SCENE AT
SHELTER ISLAND HARBOR POLICE
STATION AFTER DOZENS OF VICTIMS
WERE RESCUED FROM AN OVERTURNED
BOAT NEAR THE TIDE POOLS AT
CABRILLO NATIONAL MONUMENT.
EARLY REPORTS CONFIRMED THAT
THERE WERE MULTIPLE CASUALTIES
FROM THE INCIDENT. THE REST
WERE LOADED INTO AMBULANCES AND
TAKEN TO SEVERAL HOSPITALS
AROUND THE AREA. SAN DIEGO FIRE
AND RESCUE HARBOR POLICE
LIFEGUARDS AND NATIONAL
AGENCIES. THE COAST GUARD ALL
HELPED WITH THE RESCUE. I WAS
AT THE TIDE POOLS FOR MY FAMILY
OVER POINT LOMA NOTICE A SHIP
COMING IN AND WHEN WE FIRST
PULLED UP BUT DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING OF IT SORT OF WALKING
ALONG THE TRAIL LINE AND THEN
NOTICED THAT THE SHIP PULLED UP
ONTO THE ROCKS SHIP KIND
OF CAPSIZED BUT OFF DUTY NAVY
SAILOR CARL FOY WAS AMONG THOSE
WHO JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE IN
THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT
TIME AND SPRANG INTO ACTION,
SAW PEOPLE JUMPING IN. I GAVE
EVERYTHING TO MY WIFE AND SAID
I'LL SEE YOU HERE IN A LITTLE
BIT AND JUST JUMPED IN THE
WATER. THERE'S ANOTHER GUY
BEHIND ME I THINK HIS NAME WAS
SCOTT. HE'S GOING THROUGH BOATS
AND WE BOTH JUMPED IN, WENT
PAST THE SHORELINE, GRABBED
EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD FOR
DESCRIBES THE CHAOS FROM THE
IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE
WRECK. THERE WAS SOME SOME
BODIES OUT THERE. WE PULLED
EVERYBODY THAT WE COULD WHETHER
CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS.
EVERYONE WAS PANICKING.
EVERYONE WAS YELLING. NO ONE
SPOKE ANY ENGLISH. MINUTES
AFTER FOY JUMPED INTO THE WATER
,RESCUE CREWS WERE ON SCENE
HELPING WITH THE PASSENGERS.
BOATS AND HELICOPTERS WERE USED
TO TRANSPORT THE VICTIMS FROM
THE ROCKY BEACH TO SAFETY. BUT
WITHOUT FOY'S QUICK DECISION
MAKING AND NAVAL TRAINING BASE
COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE AND WE GO
THROUGH THIS ALMOST ON A DAILY
BASIS SO WE TRAIN FOR THE WORST
AND EXPECT FOR THE BEST.