A mother and two children got caught in powerful ocean swells off the Southern California coast before witnesses jumped into the water to save two of the swimmers on Tuesday night — with one child still missing, officials said.
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Witnesses called 911 at about 7:30 p.m. on Monday reporting “multiple swimmers in distress” near Treasure Island Beach, according to statement from Laguna Beach Marine Safety.
The “mother and her two children were swept into the ocean by powerful water conditions while near the shoreline” before “bystanders immediately entered the water and successfully rescued the mother and one child,” the agency added.
But as of late Wednesday morning, that one swimmer was still missing.
“Tragically, an adolescent female remains missing,” the agency said. “Two bystanders who assisted in the rescue effort were evaluated at the scene and transported by the Laguna Beach Fire Department in stable condition.”
In addition to Laguna Beach Marine Safety Department, rescuers from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Harbor Patrol and the United States Coast Guard were still looking for the missing swimmer on Wednesday.