Overview
- A shore caller alerted authorities at 11:53 a.m. Saturday after a recreational vessel overturned near the bay’s mouth.
- Sonoma County Sheriff’s helicopter Henry-1 spotted victims in the water and later hoisted two survivors from a remote cove showing signs of cold-water exposure.
- Nearby boaters launched from Lawson’s Landing and pulled three people from the frigid water, including a 6-year-old child.
- Henry-1, with a Sonoma County Fire District paramedic, flew the child to a local hospital, and the California Highway Patrol transported two adults for treatment.
- Multiple agencies assisted, including Marin County Fire, Sonoma County Fire District and the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Marin County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit is investigating the cause.