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These easily to explain that is a show you. two in the morning, the last crewmember goes to bed on the top deck. an hour later, they hear a noise, they come down and see a fire. but it is so engulfed, the second floor where you see the windows, they can't get down, through the back to her through the front windows. because the flames are so bad, the passengers below, they can't get up because of the fire, as well. look at this ntsb video. here's another reason. see that piece of wood and the guy's hand? it covers the loan emergency exit. a man struggles to squeeze out of it, and he can't. also...

California. the search now for survivors has been suspended as the coast guard switches its operations toward recovering remains. as we learn more about the 34 people on that dive boat who are now presumed dead. william la jeunesse is live in santa barbara this morning. hi, william. >> three investigations underway now. one by the sheriff on the criminal side. the coast guard and the ntsb which will provide an initial report within 10 days on the crews' response as well as the fire and any mistakes and malfunctions. two boats behind me. the closest one is an identical copy to the boat that san...

>> reporter: all members of the conception taking a dingy to bob hanson's boat. >> there are some things you can't unsee. i don't know if i'll ever forget the sight of that boat burning >> reporter: switching from a search to recovery mission today, what was left of the dive boat has now sunk to the ocean floor. among the missing, a california family of five with three daughters who loved to dive. shari mcdonagh just arrived from cincinnati to identify her daughter ali, the one crew member who died below deck >> never thought i would ever have to do this. >> reporter: the conception was wrappi...

Fire. >> it was fully engulfed from bow to stern and flames 30 feet high. >> bob and shirl were anchored close by. heard a banging on the boat it was the five crew on the top deck managing to escape. >> two of the crew members in good shape gave them a flashlight and they went out to trien a find anybody that might have gotten off. >> the two crew members found no one. and the hansens brought a handful of survivors to the smore. >> i had the space i could have got them out if they could have got out. >> listened to the frantic questions asked by the dispatcher. >> can you get back onnen on a u...

The fire broke out. >> there was a stairwell to get down the main entryway up and down, and there was an escape hatch. it would appear as though both of those were blocked by fire. >> it was fully engulfed. from bow to stern. i mean, and flames probably 30 feet high. >> reporter: they were anchored close high, heard a banging on their boat. it was the crew who had been on the top deck, managed to escape. >> two of the crew members that were in pretty good shape, gave them a flashlight. they went out to try to find anybody that might have gotten off. >> reporter: they found no one. and the hans...