ELLISON BARBER, VERY NICE WORK

DOWN THERE.

WELL, THE COAST GUARD RECOVERING

FOR BODIES AFTER A DIVE WENT UP

IN FLAMES.

29 PEOPLE STILL MISSING.

IT HAPPENED NEAR SANTA CRUZ

ISLAND.

THE BOAT WAS APPARENTLY USED FOR

MULTI-DAY SCUBA DIVING TRIPS

WITH BUNK BEDS FOR DOZENS OF

PASSENGERS.

MARK BARNEY WITH THE U.S.

COAST GUARD JOINS US NOW ON THE

PHONE, AND IT IS UNCLEAR TO A

LOT OF PEOPLE, OFFICER BARNEY,

HOW EXACTLY DOES HAPPEN.

DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION OF

WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED THIS

MORNING?

>> GOOD MORNING, SIR.

RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY

INFORMATION ON ANY EVIDENCE THAT

LEADS US TOWARDS WHAT CAUSED THE

FIRE THIS MORNING.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE

GOING TO LOOK HEAVILY INTO, BUT

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE MORE CONCERNED

WITH THE SEARCH AND RESCUE

ASPECT.

>> Trace: IS IT STILL SEARCH

AND RESCUE?

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONFLICTING

REPORTS THAT IT IS NOW SEARCH

AND RECOVERY.

I KNOW YOU WERE JUST ABOUT TO

HEAD BACK OUT THERE.

YOUR ESTIMATION FOR ALL INTENTS

AND PURPOSES, THEY ARE STILL

LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS?

>> CRACKS.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR

POTENTIAL SURVIVORS AT THIS

POINT IN TIME.

>> Trace: WHEN YOU GO OUT

THERE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ARE

LOOKING FOR EXACTLY?

YOU KNOW -- THERE ARE SOME

REPORTS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING OUT

ON LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW?

>> SO, FOR EVERY SEARCH AND

RESCUE TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN THE

WATER, WE HAVE REPORTS OF PEOPLE

IN THE WATER.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE TOPS OF

THE HEAD, SHOULDERS.

THAT IS WHAT IS NORMALLY GOING

TO BE STICKING OUT OF THE WATER

AS THEY ARE TREADING WATER.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF

PEOPLE ON THE SHORELINE, IN THE

WATER.

IT BREEDS.

ANY FORM OF EVIDENCE THAT WILL

LEAD US TO MORE PEOPLE.

>> Trace: I WANT TO PLAY THIS

MADE A CALL.

I WANT TO PLAY THIS FOR YOU AND

GET YOUR REACTION.

TO GO THIS IS THE COAST GUARD ON

CHANNEL 16.

WHAT IS YOUR POSITION?

[INAUDIBLE]

>> Trace: YOU HEARD HIM THERE.

HE SAID HE CAN'T BREATHE.

39 PEOPLE ON BOARD THE BOAT.

WE KNOW FIVE OF THEM GOT OFF.

WHEN HE FIRST GOT TO THE SCENE,

WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT

THE COAST GUARD DOES IN A

SITUATION LIKE THIS?

>> WELL, THE FIRST THING THAT WE

DO IS ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO

OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WATER AT THE

TIME.

SO THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FIRE

DEPARTMENT FOCUSED ON

DISTINGUISHING THE FIRE WHILE WE

MORE OR LESS ARE FOCUSING ON

SEEING IF WE CAN FIND ANY PEOPLE

WHO MAY HAVE JUMPED OVERBOARD.

>> Trace: IT IS A

HEART-WRENCHING SITUATION.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, THE

FAMILIES OUT THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

>> SORRY.

ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION TO

PASS ON.

SIR?

>> Trace: PLEASE DO, SIR.

>> WE ARE PASSING IT ON A NUMBER

FOR THE FAMILY ASSISTANCE LINE.

CALL THIS NUMBER IMMEDIATELY TO

FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON

THESE OTHER PASSENGERS FROM

FRIENDS OR FAMILY ABOARD THE

VESSEL.

THE NUMBER IS 833-688-5581.

>> Trace: 833 -- ONE MORE

TIME.

>> 833-688-5581.