The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a teenager who went missing while swimming off Huntington Beach on Sunday night.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing teenage swimmer off Huntington Beach on Monday night. The 15-year-old male was reported missing around 9 p.m. Sunday after he went swimming with friends near lifeguard Tower 11, south of Huntington Beach Pier, and didn't return, according to a Coast Guard news release. A Coast Guard response boat from Station Los Angeles-Long Beach, a Jayhawk helicopter and the Coast Guard cutter Blackfin and their crews searched the area.
“The decision to suspend an active search is never easy and is only made after exhaustive efforts to find the missing person,” Capt. Stacey Crecy, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, said in the release. “Our hearts ache for his family and friends.
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