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Here is a dramatic video of a smuggler’s boat capsizing at the shores of Ocean Beach Saturday morning, January 25. Surfers and lifeguards help rescue the survivors. reportedly one immigrant didn’t make it.
The video is by Charles Landon who records one interview with one of the surfer rescuers.
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Charles Landon told me that it was not a typical panga boat but one with a cabin.
The U-T report this morning stated that no one died.
Thx Charlie for taping this, so we can all see how dangerous these illegal entries are, how desperate these immigrants are to get away from their home countries, and how ruthless the smugglers are.
And a huge thanks to our lifeguards and OB surfers for saving lives.
Thx, too, to Frank for posting, so we can all share on social media.
Thanks, Frank. A moment in time that say it all! Surfer, swimmers, lifeguards all saving a small part of humanity. Bravo to them all. Do you know how cold that water is (no wetsuits on guards). Thank them all for uplifting the humanity of OB and San Diego.
It was amazing — no issue of nationality, ethnicity, just humans trying to save humans. And yes, I was also struck of how the lifeguards jumped in without wet suits; it must have been freezing! Incredible.
Here’s a short drone vid of the moment the boat capsizes. https://www.threads.net/@missionbeach.sd/post/DFTHUA6S7zK
Tuesday U-T: – A 57-year-old woman believed to be a Mexican national drowned when the suspected smuggling boat she was riding in capsized in heavy surf Saturday, sending more than 20 people into the water off Ocean Beach. The woman was identified by the county Medical Examiner’s Office as Maribel Merino Bernardo. She was extricated from the boat by first responders…