May 23, 2013

Search halted for 4 missing after California yacht race

People enter the San Francisco Yacht Club to attend a vigil for the four missing sailors in Belvedere, California

(Reuters) – Rescuers halted a search on Sunday for four sailors swept overboard after powerful waves battered their boat during a yacht race, tossing it into rocks around islands off San Francisco, officials said. The body of one sailor was recovered and the suspension of rescue efforts brought the presumed death toll from Saturday’s accident [...]