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The Everett Fire Department is pivoting from a rescue mission to a recovery effort after a 26-foot boat sank in Possession Sound near Everett Wednesday.

Four people were aboard the boat, and three are currently missing after the ship sank at approximately 1 p.m. Wednesday. One man in his 50s is the lone survivor, as of this reporting, after he was rescued by another boater, according to Natalie Given, the public information officer for the Everett Police Department.

“People were just out recreationally shrimping, and the person reported that the boat started taking on water,” Given told ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Newsradio. “But as to what specifically caused this, that’s still under investigation.”

Everett Fire, , and U.S. Coast Guard are conducting a water rescue for a sinking boat in Possession Sound just off of Howarth Park -1127 Olympic. One person has been rescued, 3 people are outstanding. This is an active rescue. Updates will be provided as available.

— Everett Fire WA (@EverettFire)

The one passenger who was rescued was taken to the hospital and is expected to be OK. Those missing are described as a man in his 60s, another man in his 20s, and a woman in her 40s. The vessel was recovered by the Coast Guard nearly fully submerged in water.

The Everett Police Department stated they started getting calls about a boat sinking just a couple of hundred feet from the shore in Possession Sound.

By 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Coast Guard suspended its search for the missing boaters after searching 130 square miles, officials confirmed.

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