‘Horrified’ family sees relative swept off rocks by heavy surf, California rescuers say [The Sacramento Bee]
Jan. 5 A 45-year-old visitor from Southern California fell from rocks into heavy surf Saturday on a Mendocino County beach in view of his “horrified” family, rescuers say.
Searchers on Jet Skis pulled David Reyes Juarez of Rancho Cucamonga from the ocean but could not revive him, The Press Democrat reported.
Juarez had been taking photos with his family at Portuguese Beach in Mendocino Big River Headlands State Park when powerful waves swept him away, an earlier story reported.
The Mendocino Voice reported that Juarez had fallen while trying to scramble down rocks to the ocean, however.