Vessels: Dive Boats: Commercial: Fatalities
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COMMERCIAL SPORT DIVE BOATS ~ Deaths
- Conception Santa Barbara, CA
- Jiajuang Zhu Santa Rosa Island (2011)
- William Sullivan Santa Cruz Island (2016)
September 2, 2019 —34 casualties from the destruction by fire of Conception:
- 1. Alexandra “Allie” Kurtz (26), Santa Barbara, CA galley cook and a part of the Conception crew
- 2. Kristy Finstad (41), Tamrick Pines, CA, (owner of Worldwide Diving Adventures)
- 3. Nicole Storm Quitasol (31), Imperial Beach, CA, CA (sister) (bartender)
- 4. Evanmichel Solano Quitasol (37), Stockton, CA (sister) (nurse at St. Joseph's Medical Center)
- 5. Angela Rose Quitasol (28), Stockton, CA (sister) (middle school science teacher)
- 6. Michel Storm Quitasol (62), Stockton, CA (father) birthday trip
- 7. Fernisa Sison, Stockton, CA (step-mother)
- 8. Raymond Scott Chan (59), Los Altos, CA (father) (physics teacher at American High School)
- 9. Kendra Chan (26), Oxnard, CA (daughter)
- 10. Lisa Fiedler (52), Mill Valley, CA (hair dresser and nature photographer) (went alone on the trip)
- 11. Patricia Ann Beitzinger (48), Chandler, AZ (couple)
- 12. Neal Gustav Baltz (42), Phoenix, AZ (couple)
- 13. Steve Salika (55), Santa Cruz, CA (husband, father of student at Pacific Collegiate High School, Apple employee)
- 14. Carol Dianna Adamic (60), Santa Cruz, CA (wife and mother of student at Pacific Collegiate High School)
- 15. Tia Salika-Adamic (17), Santa Cruz, CA (daughter and student at Pacific Collegiate High School) (17th birthday trip)
- 16. Berenice Felipe, Santa Cruz, CA (student at Pacific Collegiate High School traveling with the Salika family)
- 17. Dan Garcia (46), Berkeley, CA (husband; Apple employee)
- 18. Yulia Krashennaya (40), Berkeley, CA (wife)
- 19. Marybeth Guiney (51), Santa Monica, CA (sales director)
- 20. Charles “Chuck” McIlavain (44), Santa Monica, CA (visual effects designer for Walt Disney)
- 21. Kristian “Kristy” Takvam (34), San Francisco, CA (worked for the web company, Brilliant)
- 22. Caroline “Carrie” McLaughlin (35), Oakland, CA (worked for the web company, Brilliant)
- 23. Vaidehi Campbell (41), Felton, CA (worked for the Soquel Creek Water District)
- 24. Adrian Dahood-Fritz (40), Sacramento, CA (wife; CA state senior environmental scientist)
- 25. Andrew Fritz (40), Sacramento, CA (husband; photographer)
- 26. Wei Tan (26), Goleta, CA (Singaporean citizen, U.C. Berkeley graduate in industrial engineering)
- 27. Sunil Sandhu (46), San Francisco, CA (Singaporean citizen; Senior Scientist for the Pointcloud Inc. tech company based in San Francisco)
- 28. Kaustubh Nirmal (44), Stamford, Ct. (husband, accountant and Indian national)
- 29. Sanjeeri Deopujari (32), Stamford, CT (wife, dentist and Indian national)
- 30. Justin Carroll Dignam (58), Anaheim, CA
- 31. Ted Strom (62), Germantown, TN (Memphis, TN pathologist)
- 32. Xiang Lin (45), Fremont, CA (artificial intelligence engineer)
- 33. Yuko Hatano (39), San Jose, CA (worked at Western Digital)
- 34. Juha Pekka Ahopelto (50), Sunnyvale, CA
- Liberty Ventura, CA
- John Karaka Santa Cruz Island (1993)
- Pacific Diver Long Beach, CA
- Bjorn Thornes Santa Catalina Island (1965)
- Peace Ventura, CA
- Rochanak Saberzadeh Santa Catalina Island (1991)
- Willard Rusch San Miguel Island (1992)
- Diane Kunst Santa Cruz Island (1997)
- Raptor Ventura, CA
- Scuba King Ventura, CA
- Maurice Rothstein Santa Cruz Island (1968)
- Seabee Oxnard, CA
- Ray Tobo Santa Cruz Island (1982)
- Sea Venture Port Hueneme, CA
- Susan Trent Anacapa Island (1980)
- Oscar Urzua Santa Cruz Island (1996)
- Spectre Ventura, CA
- Kim Young San Miguel Island (1994)
- Joo Hwan Hong Anacapa Island (1999)
- Nicholas Armington Anacapa Island (2003)
- John Gary Koenig Anacapa Island (2009)
- Marla Rodriguez Anacapa Island (2012)
- Sundiver Express San Pedro, CA
- Laurel Silver-Volker Santa Catalina Island (2015)
- Truth Santa Barbara, CA
- Mark Wayne Hunter San Miguel Island (1981)
- Walter Hunter Santa Rosa Island (1995)
- Vision Santa Barbara, CA
- Stewart Hindley Santa Cruz Island (2007)
- Daren Cornelius Santa Cruz Island (2011)
