Officials have suspended a search for a California boy who was swept into the Pacific Ocean on Monday at a beach in San Mateo County, according to a report.
Heartbroken Fremont family says 12-year-old snatched by wave just drifted away
By Candese Charles and Jorge Bustos
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Parents heartbroken boy swept out to sea
Family members said they are heartbroken that 12-year-old Arunay Pruthi of Fremont was swept out to sea at Cowell Ranch State Beach near Half Moon Bay. Candese Charles reports
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The search for a 12-year-old Fremont boy swept into the Pacific Ocean by a sneaker wave resumed on Tuesday, as his parents made a desperate plea to find their beloved son.
Tarun Pruthi and his wife stood forlornly on the shores of Cowell State Beach in Half Moon Bay, where their son, Arunay Pruthi, was last seen Monday afternoon.
Search suspended for 12-year-old swept out to sea
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Poster for Arunay Pruthi, who went missing on January 18Courtesy Seema Sangwan
After searching into the early morning, then again after sunrise Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard called off its search Tuesday morning for a 12-year-old Fremont boy who was swept out to sea from a Half Moon Bay beach Monday.
The 12-year-old, his father and his 8-year-old brother were sitting on the sand at Cowell Ranch State Beach when a rogue wave hit them and dragged them into the ocean around 3:42 p.m. The strong surf and churning high waves roughed up the younger boy and the father and tossed them back on the shore while dragging the 12-year-old out to sea.
An Indian American family from Fremont, Calif., is completely shattered after their 12-year-old son was swept away by a sneaker wave at a beach in Half Moon Bay Jan. 18.
Arunay Pruthi, a seventh grader at BASIS Independent Fremont, and his family had taken advantage of the warm weather on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and headed off to the Cowell Ranch State Beach in San Mateo County, not realizing the danger of the surf, reported KTVU Fox 2.
âHe was a reasonably good swimmer,â Tarun Pruthi, his father, told the news channel. âIt was a warm day, but the waves were big.â
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for a 12-year-old boy who was swept by a wave and out to sea from a Northern California beach. Arunay Pruthi, his father and his 8-year-old brother were sitting on the sand at Cowell Ranch State Beach in Half Moon Bay […]