Overview
- A 25-foot recreational fishing boat ran aground at Lime Point beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and capsized after hitting rocks around 6:10 a.m. Thursday.
- Rescuers from the U.S. Coast Guard, San Francisco and Marin marine units, and local fire departments pulled three people from the water and took them to a Marin hospital.
- One passenger, later identified by the Marin County coroner as 35-year-old Daniel Zhengyu Qin of San Jose, died despite resuscitation; one survivor remains in critical condition and the other is stable.
- The Marin County Sheriff’s Office recovered the capsized boat and towed it to Coast Guard Station Golden Gate for evidence processing as the Coast Guard, SFPD and county investigators lead a coordinated probe.
- Officials have not determined a cause and say witnesses raised unconfirmed possibilities such as autopilot malfunction or a medical emergency while crews noted limited pre-dawn fog; investigators and the National Park Service will also assess salvage needs and pollution risk.