Crime & Safety
Search For Missing 18-Year-Old Swimmer Set To Resume Off Mission Beach
Lifeguards rescued two distressed youths in the group but were unable to locate a third, SDFRD spokeswoman Monica Munoz said.
SAN DIEGO, CA — The search for an 18-year-old man who went missing while swimming in the ocean off the coast of Mission Beach is set to resume Thursday with personnel aboard boats using side-scan sonar.
The young man was among several swimmers who began having trouble staying afloat in the water near Jersey Court about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Lifeguards rescued two distressed youths in the group but were unable to locate a third, SDFRD spokeswoman Monica Munoz said.
Search teams, including personnel with the U.S. Coast Guard, combed the sea in the area until about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, by which time the operation was considered a recovery effort, not a rescue attempt.
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The search resumed Wednesday morning, involving three lifeguard rescue vessels and scuba personnel, for a total of 18 personnel taking part. San Diego police dive and helicopter teams also aided in the operation, which was suspended at sunset.
— City News Service
