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.
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