Recovery efforts will resume Thursday for boaters who went missing near Everett. Four people were plunged into the water in Possession Sound Wednesday afternoon shortly after 1 p.m. after their boat started sinking.

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.

Three people are presumed dead after a shrimping boat sunk near Everett Wednesday. Four people were plunged into the water in Possession Sound shortly after 1 p.m. after their boat started taking on water.