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By FAITH E. PINHO | Los Angeles Times | Published: March 13, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) She had been drifting in the cold Pacific water for a night and most of a day. Kept afloat by her orange life jacket and the bow of her family s capsized boat, 9-year-old Desireé Rodriguez had watched helplessly as one family member after another let go of life. First her mother began foaming at the mouth and then went still. Her 5-year-old sister died soon after. Her uncle went next, followed by her aunt. Now she was alone, with no idea where her father was. He d been at the helm during what started as a routine fishing excursion on the family s boat. Soon after it flipped over, miles from land, he had insisted on trying to swim for help through the dark and thick fog.
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Posted Mar 13, 2021
Desireé Rodriguez Campuzano in San Pedro, California on Feb. 7, 2021. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)TNS
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By Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES She had been drifting in the cold Pacific water for a night and most of a day.
Kept afloat by her orange life jacket and the bow of her family’s capsized boat, 9-year-old Desireé Rodriguez had watched helplessly as one family member after another let go of life.
First her mother began foaming at the mouth and then went still. Her 5-year-old sister died soon after. Her uncle went next, followed by her aunt.
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She had been drifting in the cold Pacific water for a night and most of a day.
Kept afloat by her orange life jacket and the bow of her family’s capsized boat, 9-year-old Desireé Rodriguez had watched helplessly as one family member after another let go of life.
First her mother began foaming at the mouth and then went still. Her 5-year-old sister died soon after. Her uncle went next, followed by her aunt.
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Now she was alone, with no idea where her father was. He’d been at the helm during what started as a routine fishing excursion on the family’s boat. Soon after it flipped over, miles from land, he had insisted on trying to swim for help through the dark and thick fog.