Divers Find Teen-Age Swimmer Dead in Surf
Divers pulled the body of a teen-age boy from the waves nearly two hours after he disappeared in hazardous waters of Redondo Beach Tuesday, authorities said.
Paramedics used emergency life support techniques on the unidentified youth after he was pulled from the water about 6 p.m., but he was pronounced dead at the Redondo Beach Harbor Patrol dock, County Lifeguard Capt. Bob Buchanan said. The boy, about 16, had been the subject of a search by lifeguards, divers, boats and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter since 4:12 p.m. after a lifeguard who was attempting the initial rescue lost sight of him, Buchanan said.
The boy had been swimming in somewhat hazardous riptide-plagued waters off the Redondo Beach-Torrance boundary with some friends, Buchanan said.
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