HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS
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May 03, 2021 01:41 PM EDT
The Coast Guard and Border Patrol stationed in San Diego Bay saved illegal immigrants nearly drowned in San Diego Coast last Sunday. They saved 27 illegal immigrants, but three died in the water because of riptides.
Illegal Immigrants Drown in San Diego Coast
The combined rescue operation of the Border Patrol, Coast Guard, came after an attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants via the sea, ending in three deaths via drownings. While 27 were hurt in the disastrous sea crossing, one was driven to a sea cliff, and 22 were washed ashore, reported USA Today.
One comment by the agencies involved in the humanitarian rescue is that more attempts to enter via US coasts have made it more dangerous.
by Tyler Durden
Monday, May 03, 2021 - 11:10 AM
A vessel off the coast of San Diego broke apart Sunday, killing four and injuring dozens. Authorities suspect the ship was involved in a human smuggling operation, according to NPR. Twenty-nine people have reportedly been accounted for, consisting of twenty-four people alive, four people declared deceased by local emergency medical services personnel and one person who was last reported to be in critical condition, according to the U.S. Coast Guard statement issued late Sunday night.
The incident occurred around 1030 PST Sunday. Dozens of rescue crews responded to the 200 block of Catalina Boulevard, near the Cabrillo National Monument. When first responders arrived at the scene, the forty-foot cabin cruiser was broken apart from heavy seas.
Sunday, May 02, 2021 11:38 pm
3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego
ELLIOT SPAGAT and CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Associated Press
SAN DIEGO Three people were killed and more than two dozen others were hospitalized Sunday after a boat capsized and broke apart in rough water just off the San Diego coast during a suspected human smuggling operation, authorities said.
Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded around 10 a.m. following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
The original call was for a handful of people overboard but as rescuers arrived in boats and jet skis they quickly realized “it was going to be a bigger situation with more people,” said San Diego Lifeguard Services Lt. Rick Romero.
By ELLIOT SPAGAT AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Associated Press | Published: May 2, 2021 SAN DIEGO A packed boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, authorities said. Lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies responded Sunday following reports of an overturned vessel in the waves near the rugged peninsula of Point Loma, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. The original call was for a handful of people overboard but as rescuers arrived in boats and Jet Skis they quickly realized it was going to be a bigger situation with more people, said San Diego Lifeguard Services Lt. Rick Romero.
People were pulled from the water and others made it to shore on their own.
The Coast Guard searched overnight and suspended the work Monday, saying 32 people had been accounted for. Three were declared dead and 29 were alive, including one who remained hospitalized in critical condition.
The local coroner s offices listed the dead as a 41-year-old woman, a 35-year-old woman and a man of unknown age. No identities were released.
“Once we arrived on scene, the boat had basically been broken apart,” Romero said. “Conditions were pretty rough: 5 to 6 feet of surf, windy, cold.”
Romero said there were a wide variety of injuries,” including hypothermia. Most of the victims were able to walk themselves to ambulances, he said.