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"This was a very difficult decision to suspend the search," Coast Guard Capt. Howard Wright told KTVU. "The Coast Guard focuses on rescue activities to find a live person and we suspend the search when we are no longer confident that we're going to be able to rescue the victim." Wright also told CBS, "When we're no longer confident that we're able to rescue a victim alive, we will suspend the search."  Arunay Pruthi Credit: GoFundMe The family is offering $50,000 to anyone who locates the missi...

The family of a boy who was swept out to sea by a 'sneaker wave' is offering a $50,000 reward for his recovery as his father reveals how he only just managed to survive it.   The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search for Arunay Pruthi, 12, who was swept out to sea from a Northern California beach on Monday. Arunay, his father and his 8-year-old brother were sitting on the sand at Cowell Ranch State Beach in Half Moon Bay when a rogue wave hit them and dragged them into the ocean on Monday. Arunay Pruthi, 12, was swept out to sea from a Northern California beach on Monday

Officials have suspended a search for a California boy who was swept into the Pacific Ocean on Monday at a beach in San Mateo County, according to a report. 

Heartbroken Fremont family says 12-year-old snatched by wave 'just drifted away' By Candese Charles and Jorge Bustos Published  Parents heartbroken boy swept out to sea Family members said they are heartbroken that 12-year-old Arunay Pruthi of Fremont was swept out to sea at Cowell Ranch State Beach near Half Moon Bay. Candese Charles reports HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - The search for a 12-year-old Fremont boy swept into the Pacific Ocean by a sneaker wave resumed on Tuesday, as his parents made a desperate plea to find their beloved son. Tarun Pruthi and his wife stood forlornly on the shores o...

An Indian American family from Fremont, Calif., is completely shattered after their 12-year-old son was swept away by a sneaker wave at a beach in Half Moon Bay Jan. 18. Arunay Pruthi, a seventh grader at BASIS Independent Fremont, and his family had taken advantage of the warm weather on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and headed off to the Cowell Ranch State Beach in San Mateo County, not realizing the danger of the surf, reported KTVU Fox 2. “He was a reasonably good swimmer,” Tarun Pruthi, his father, told the news channel. “It was a warm day, but the waves were big.”