Similar vehicle back at the home saturday. Light colored older model range rover with two occupants. Reporter the chais and tangs were good family friends, part of a larger extended network that liked to hike and dine together. Family friends who asked not to be identified showed this text message received today from a homicide detective, asking them to call him. Both neighbors and friends say they cant imagine why tang would want to hurt chai. I hope they can get him back. Reporter in San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Its an emotional day for a San Francisco family dealing with the loss of a man who died saving his young daughters life. Today officials identified the man as ronny al va rado. He and his 5yearold daughter were kayaking off Brannan Island state park when their kayak overturned. His other daughter saw it all. She said her father and sister got into trouble when waves caused by nearby boats overturned their kayak. He really tried to get her. He was like that. And
The kayak flipped over and my dad quickly got my sister and held her up. He really tried to get her to safety first. He was like that. His head was in the water. He couldnt breathe. But he made sure she was safe. Reporter this is where it happened in the delta near three mile slew. The Sacramento County Sheriffs Department said the dad handed the girl off to a jet skier who safely brought her to shore uninjured. Meanwhile the dad submerged and never resurfaced. For hours, helicopters and boats equipped with side scan sonar searched the waterway. At 11 00 p. M. A dive team recovered the body of 40yearold ronny alvarado, a construction worker from guatemala who leaves behind a wife and two daughters. The skrnlt county Sheriffs Department said its the third drowning in the last two months in which the victim was not wearing a life vest. It breaks my heart. I couldnt imagine having a daughter, you know, child out there without a vest. Its just scary. It scares me. The family here in San Fr