At least eight people have died after two smuggling boats capsized near the shore of Black's Beach in San Diego County, California, officials said.
Authorities responded to the scene Saturday around 11:30 p.m. local time after someone on one of the panga boats, a type of small fishing boat powered by an outboard motor, called 911 to report victims in the water, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
"We arrived in rescue mode. We did the best we could to recover people from the water, try and find survivors," Gartland said."The lifeguards, after about an hour of searching and recovering bodies, we were in recovery mode for about five hours after that." As rescuers entered the water,"they started to see the bodies of victims who had drowned, and they started pulling people in, and they also saw some folks washed up on shore," Gartland told CNN.
The chief said the passengers might have landed on a sandbar before stepping in one of the inshore holes, adding,"... if you are not a strong ocean swimmer, certainly in the middle of the night with those temperatures, it's a very scary, harrowing and obviously deadly experience." In May 2021, three people died after a boat hit a reef and broke apart near the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma, San Diego. Thirty-three people were pulled out of the water, including the bodies of the victims.
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