Two small boats, carrying 15 people, ran into trouble in shallow but treacherous surf, authorities say, with heavy fog hampering rescue efforts.
abc.net.au/news/california-boat-tragedy-people-smuggling-refugees-mexico/102090870At least eight people have been killed after two migrant-smuggling boats capsized off the California coast near San Diego, marking one of the deadliest maritime human-smuggling operations in US history.
A Spanish-speaking woman on one of the panga-style boats called 911 to report the other vessel overturned in waves at Black's Beach, authorities said.Coast Guard and San Diego Fire-Rescue crews pulled the bodies of eight adults from the water, but fog hampered the search for additional victims.Survivors may have escaped on land, including the woman who called 911. Authorities said they did not know her whereabouts.
"If you step into those holes, those rip currents will pull you along the shore and back out to sea."
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