A grandfather swept off a beach with his 5-year-old granddaughter, who drowned, remains missing, California officials reported.
The five-year-old girl who drowned after being swept off a rock by a ‘sneaker wave’ with her grandfather has been identified.
Yaretzi Noemi Biorato died and her 54-year-old grandfather Pascal Soriano is missing after the incident on Martin’s Beach in California’s Half Moon Bay on Saturday.
A search for the 54-year-old man following the incident Saturday, Nov. 25, has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
Rescuers combed 100 square miles in the 22-hour search, the Coast Guard said.
A wave swept the two off Martins Beach into the ocean near Half Moon Bay at about 1:20 p.m., McClatchy News reported.
