The mother of an 11-year-old drowning victim says she's sounding an alarm about a popular swimming spot in southern Alameda County, that cost her daughter her life.
A South Bay parent is mourning the loss of her child, and sounding an alarm about the dangers of a popular swimming spot.Mari Gonzalez sits in her East San Jose apartment and clutches her daughter’s favorite teddy bear, oversized and dressed in a pink vest, all while looking at multiple pictures of the girl on the living room wall. Days from now, she’ll bury her only child, after an accidental death on Memorial Day."I feel so bad that…can’t see my daughter.
"The signs are posted for a reason. There’s a lot of water dangers in the creek."Mari said a friend invited her and her daughter to come to Vallejo Mill Historic Park, which the creek runs through, for the holiday weekend. She said she had never been there before and saw people swimming in the creek. She said she had no idea it was illegal and dangerous."She was playing and swimming with some friends.
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