Stephanie Gollmer, a Palo Alto nurse, survived after the 49-foot cabin cruiser Volare capsized in San Francisco Bay. But her mother, 74-year-old Carol Boisa, and her aunt, Jackie Boisa, remain missing.
Speaking exclusively to CBS News Bay Area, Gollmer said nothing seemed out of the ordinary before disaster struck.
Family members had been enjoying the trip, taking in the scenery and recording videos together. One video captured Carol Boisa affectionately petting a friend's bulldog just 30 minutes before the boat capsized.
"Mom and I were sitting on the deck for a little bit and just enjoying the views," she said. "We got splashed a few times and then kind of decided, let's go inside."
"There was one really far tilt this way, and we all went, 'Oh,' and then we all started going this way," Gollmer recalled. "Then we just realized my mom just went down. My aunt slid past me in a chair, and then realized, we're not going back."
"I hit my head three or four times just trying to find the surface," she said.
"I started kind of watching one by one and I go, 'I don't see my mom. I don't see Mom,' " she said.
Carol Boisa spent her life caring for others, both as a mother and as an in-home caregiver. Gollmer said her mother's last known conversation was with fellow passenger Tondra Madruga, who also died, about how proud she was of her daughter.
While floating in the cold waters of San Francisco Bay, Gollmer said strangers became her lifeline.
"I owe Jason and Jeff everything," Gollmer said. "If I could somehow meet you and give you a big handshake, hug, whatever you're comfortable with."
After one of Carol Boisa's former clients died, she adopted the client's elderly cat, Miss Tina, to ensure the animal would have a home. Now, Gollmer hopes someone else will do the same.
She said finding Miss Tina a loving home would be another way to honor a woman whose life centered on caring for others.
"A lot of her favorite memories were hanging out with family," Gollmer said. "Family was everything to her."
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