In Disaster City, Texas, Rescues Are a Way of Life nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pictured, George Botello Salinas California father who drowned at t Moss Landing State Beach in Monterey County.
Pictured, George Botello Salinas California father who drowned at Moss Landing State Beach in Monterey County trying to save twelve year old son. Image via GoFundme.
George Botello Salinas California father drowns trying to save son, 12, at Moss Landing State Beach- only for boy to be saved by bystander.
A Northern
California father drowned over the weekend while attempting to rescue his 12-year-old son from rough ocean waters only for the boy to be rescued by a bystander.
The incident that claimed the life of
George Botello, 32, drowned at Moss Landing State Beach in Northern California on Sunday afternoon
Botello was trying to rescue his 12-year-old son who had been swept by a wave
Botello s wife also tried to rescue the boy but the ocean conditions proved too treacherous and she returned ashore
Lifeguard on a paddle-board nearly reached Botello, but the man had gone underwater
Officials spent parts of Sunday and Monday looking for Botello with divers, helicopter and drone before calling off search