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lee ikegami and michael ng are the two bay area survivors. they attempted to drive back in the truck of their friend leslie yee who is picture the here. he is the confirm fatality. sunday the fishermen were tossed into the sea of cortez when their boat capsized in a violent thunderstorm. some of the survivors from the fishing boat made it back to the bay area yesterday. they complained about the boat's captain and are faulting him for the accident. >> if he had turned into the wind we work -- he sunk us, in other words. the crew, i didn't see the crew, nobody came around and woke us up or gave us life vests, nothing. >> just the will to survive. all of us went in the water at the same time. it was pitch black. we treaded water until it was light. and just tried to stay afloat tried to stay alive. >> reporter: the mexican investigators and navy are refuting the claims. they say the boat's captain did everything he could to keep his passengers and crew alive. now, the two survivors, lee ikegami and michael ng are expected on a 6:20 bus that's s
lee ikegami and michael ng are the two bay area survivors. they attempted to drive back in the truck of their friend leslie yee who is picture the here. he is the confirm fatality. sunday the fishermen were tossed into the sea of cortez when their boat capsized in a violent thunderstorm. some of the survivors from the fishing boat made it back to the bay area yesterday. they complained about the boat's captain and are faulting him for the accident. >> if he had turned into the wind we...
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lee ikegami got off a greyhound bus in gilroy around 10:30 this morning. he was one of 35 passengers and crew members who were rescued after a storm capsized their boat in the sea of cortez. he lives in san martin and says he is unbelievably happy to be home after a mishap with the truck that he and fishing buddy michael eng were trying to drive home. the truck belonged to leslie ye, the one confirmed fatality. >> unbelievably. unbelievably. not only did we, you know, have this adventure but then halfway home, the truck broke down that we were driving. and so we had to drop the truck off and leave it for some other family member to pick up. so it's like never ending. >> the u.s. coast guard and mexican navy are continuing to search for seven men still missing. other survivors are making their way home. a group of four men from novato came home last night. another man has returned to san ramon >>> investigators are busy investigating a shooting. in all ten people were injured. the first shooting happened just after 8:30 on e street near 88th avenue in east
lee ikegami got off a greyhound bus in gilroy around 10:30 this morning. he was one of 35 passengers and crew members who were rescued after a storm capsized their boat in the sea of cortez. he lives in san martin and says he is unbelievably happy to be home after a mishap with the truck that he and fishing buddy michael eng were trying to drive home. the truck belonged to leslie ye, the one confirmed fatality. >> unbelievably. unbelievably. not only did we, you know, have this adventure...
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most of them from the bay area, were making their annual fourth of july fishing trip. 66-year-old lee ikegami was sleeping when the waves struck their boat, causing it to sink in the gulf of california. his wife tells the story. >> he and some others were on one side of the boat and the boat flipped over very fast. he said they were thrown into the sea. he said he was fortunate enough that when he was thrown in, he came up right by a raft. >> reporter: others spent 16 hours in the water before fishermen and military boats rescued them. many were sun burned and dehydrated. the coast guard confirms one man died. >> local fishermen, members of the mexican military, the mexican state secretary of tourism, and the american consulate have been helpful and in helping us get through this. >> reporter: though his wife knows her husband is safe she's not sure if their friends are among the missing. until her husband comes home, she'll try to focus on the questions that can be answered. >> once we get to where the car is how do we get the car home. just every little -- little things are what i'm dwellin
most of them from the bay area, were making their annual fourth of july fishing trip. 66-year-old lee ikegami was sleeping when the waves struck their boat, causing it to sink in the gulf of california. his wife tells the story. >> he and some others were on one side of the boat and the boat flipped over very fast. he said they were thrown into the sea. he said he was fortunate enough that when he was thrown in, he came up right by a raft. >> reporter: others spent 16 hours in the...
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two men, lee ikegami and ng who tried to drive back in the truck of their friend leslie yee.e is the one confirmed fatality in this boat accident that occurred off the coast of mexico. on sunday, 27 passengers who were on a fishing vacation off the coast of mexico were tossed into the sea of cortez when their boat capsized in the violent thunderstorm. some of the survivors made it back yesterday. they had scathing complaints about the boat's captain and fault him for much of the accident. >> if he had turned into the wind, he sunk us, in other words. i didn't saw the crew. nobody came around who woke us up or gave us a life vest, nothing. >> we got through it
two men, lee ikegami and ng who tried to drive back in the truck of their friend leslie yee.e is the one confirmed fatality in this boat accident that occurred off the coast of mexico. on sunday, 27 passengers who were on a fishing vacation off the coast of mexico were tossed into the sea of cortez when their boat capsized in the violent thunderstorm. some of the survivors made it back yesterday. they had scathing complaints about the boat's captain and fault him for much of the accident....
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. >> reporter: also among the rescued, american lee ikegami, on a fishing trip with his buddies.e reached his wife by telephone. >> somewhere around ten-ish my husband called and said that his boat was capsized, that he's fine. i was in shock. >> reporter: 27 americans were on board the 100-foot boat called the erik. mexican officials say at least one american is dead and at least six are among the missing. the boat left san felipe on saturday for a seven-day fishing trip but early sunday morning, about 60 miles south of san felipe, it hit what is called a freakish storm off the baja, california, peninsula. according to the navy two giant waves hit the boat which caused it to capsize. at 2:30 this morning, the fishing vessel sank. the u.s. coast guardian mexican navy are scouring the sea of cortez for survivors. >> all i know is at that time he was not in contact with any of his friends and didn't know how they were. he said that he was at one end of the boat, the boat flipipd over, and he was thrown into the sea. >> reporter: he says he still has no idea what happened to his fri
. >> reporter: also among the rescued, american lee ikegami, on a fishing trip with his buddies.e reached his wife by telephone. >> somewhere around ten-ish my husband called and said that his boat was capsized, that he's fine. i was in shock. >> reporter: 27 americans were on board the 100-foot boat called the erik. mexican officials say at least one american is dead and at least six are among the missing. the boat left san felipe on saturday for a seven-day fishing trip but...
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lee. he is one of the confirmed fatalities of that accident. his two friends ikegamig, attempted to drive his truck back to the bay area only to have the truck break down at the us-mexican border. so they got on a greyhound bus right hand are expected home this morning in san jose. these three men were part of a fishing vacation off the coast of mexico. their boat capsized in a violent thunderstorm on sunday. all 27 passengers on board including the crew were tossed into the waters off the coast of mexico. several of the men returned to the bay area yesterday saying it was their will to survive that kept them going. >> right when i get up on top i look and there's the whole crew with brand-new life jackets on. and none of the passengers had anything. >> a lot of the life jackets were up on the upper deck. and so you just dove out into the water hoping you could find an ice chest or anything to hang on to. >> reporter: some of the men haven't been so lucky. five days after that accident, several men are still missing. now, as for ikegami and ng, they are expected to re
lee. he is one of the confirmed fatalities of that accident. his two friends ikegamig, attempted to drive his truck back to the bay area only to have the truck break down at the us-mexican border. so they got on a greyhound bus right hand are expected home this morning in san jose. these three men were part of a fishing vacation off the coast of mexico. their boat capsized in a violent thunderstorm on sunday. all 27 passengers on board including the crew were tossed into the waters off the...
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. >> first you heard from one of the survivors and the last woman speaking was lee ikegami's wife.sleeping on the boat when two waves struck their boat called the erik. he is still south. while she knows her husband is safe she's not sure if their friends are. >> investigators say one of the officers involved in sunday's shooting was carrying a taser but did not use it. police received reports on sunday night that the man was drunk and carrying an open bottle of alcohol on the platform. officers confronted the man, and one minute later fired shots. police are now looking at surveillance video and questioning witnesses to find out how everything happened. they are asking any one who may know anything more about the shooting to definitely give them a call. >> caltrain is getting ready to mount cameras on the front and back of trains, the move intended to document the suicides that happen on the tracks. right now the only information that they get about people who die on the tracks and what happened leading up to the deaths comes from the engineer. last year there were 11 suicides and
. >> first you heard from one of the survivors and the last woman speaking was lee ikegami's wife.sleeping on the boat when two waves struck their boat called the erik. he is still south. while she knows her husband is safe she's not sure if their friends are. >> investigators say one of the officers involved in sunday's shooting was carrying a taser but did not use it. police received reports on sunday night that the man was drunk and carrying an open bottle of alcohol on the...
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. >> reporter: survivor lee ikegami is back from mexico but after all he has been through, he had to endure one more patch of bad luck. he had to take a greyhound bus home from the border because he had to ditch the pickup belonging to fellow fisherman leslie yee who died. >> halfway home the truck broke down that we were driving. we had to drive the truck off. it was like never ending. >> reporter: he is exhausted and doesn't want to talk about his experience aboard the erik right now but gets emotional thinking about his colleagues who are still missing. >> find them. they're all good people. [ crying ] >> thank you. >> glad to be back. wish we were back sooner but we wanted to wait to see if they could recover rush hour friends. >> reporter: in novato last night, four of the 19 survivors arrived home to their families with a fishing story for the ages. >> i left the group trying to swim for help. and it took me 8.5 hours to reach land. and i was rescued 10 minutes later after i reached land. >> can i mention something about the crew? >> sure. >> that i'm positive it about. the cap
. >> reporter: survivor lee ikegami is back from mexico but after all he has been through, he had to endure one more patch of bad luck. he had to take a greyhound bus home from the border because he had to ditch the pickup belonging to fellow fisherman leslie yee who died. >> halfway home the truck broke down that we were driving. we had to drive the truck off. it was like never ending. >> reporter: he is exhausted and doesn't want to talk about his experience aboard the erik...