The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its seek for a lacking teenage swimmer off Huntington Seaside on Monday night time.
The 15-year-old male was reported lacking round 9 p.m. Sunday after he went swimming with buddies close to lifeguard Tower 11, south of Huntington Seaside Pier, and didn’t return, in line with a Coast Guard information launch.
A Coast Guard response boat from Station Los Angeles-Lengthy Seaside, a Jayhawk helicopter and the Coast Guard cutter Blackfin and their crews searched the world.
Rescuers stand prepared on shore throughout the seek for a lacking teenage swimmer off Huntington Seaside.
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They labored by Sunday night time into Monday, till the search was suspended round 8 p.m. The teenager’s identification hasn’t been launched.
“The choice to droop an energetic search is rarely straightforward and is just made after exhaustive efforts to search out the lacking particular person,” Capt. Stacey Crecy, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Lengthy Seaside, mentioned within the launch. “Our hearts ache for his household and buddies.”
Huntington Seaside Lifeguards, the Orange County Hearth Authority, the Huntington Seaside Hearth Division and Huntington Seaside Police Division assisted within the search, which lasted for practically 20 hours and spanned 105 sq. miles.
Sturdy rip currents and waves of three to five ft have been reported within the space by Sunday, officers mentioned. The Coast Guard has warned swimmers to watch out getting into the water, particularly when sturdy rip currents or waves are current.
