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Two Males Dead After Rescue from Under Golden Gate Bridge

Father and son identified as victims.

 

The U.S. Coast Guard pulled two people out of the water under the Golden Gate Bridge Friday night who later died due to drowning.

According to KGO, the victims were a father and son who drowned after being swept away by a large wave while fishing.

San Francisco residents Juan Escamillo-Rojas, 37, and his son, 9-year-old Juan Carlos Escamillo-Monroy were identified. A third person survived.

Officials said they were fishing at Bonita Cove near the Golden Gate Bridge when a large wave knocked them into the water.

The two men were able to grab onto a rock. It's believed that Escamillo-Rojas swam from the rock in an effort to rescue his son, but both were swept away.

The third man managed to make it back to shore and flagged down bystanders, who called 911.

The two people were pulled from the water by a Tiburon fire boat and taken to a Coast Guard station for evaluation by medics, according to the Coast Guard.

KGO also published that an account has been set up with Wells Fargo to help the family with funeral costs. Donations can be transferred online to account number 1019708096, or made in person at any Wells Fargo branch.

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Holly Bell May 12, 2013 at 02:59 pm
If the city council likes fake plastic nature, then let them saran-wrap their own yards! LEAVE OURRead More PARKS ALONE!! This is soccer special interest pressure on city government at its worst, and the city council appears unwilling or unable to withstand it. Crestview Park is a particularly quiet, serene, simple park with lovely views which the council now wants to turn into a sports arena. Any day you can go there and see families playing on the grass, toddlers and moms enjoying picnics and play time, kids learning to ride their bikes on the nice flat paved area, athletes and older folks enjoying the flat natural track (the only one in San Carlos) to get in shape, teens throwing frisbees on the lawn. It is a perfect place for ALL residents to enjoy according to their needs, not a sports arena dedicated to one activity at the expense of all. Belmont faced a similar lack of sports venues, but they did not choose to pave paradise. They wisely raised money and built a sports complex and spared their beautiful parks for use by ALL residents. I would like to see our city council do the right thing also. And by the way, the opposition to this short-sighted plan is far more than "some residents"! Please visit our booth at Hometown Days.
Brenda May 9, 2013 at 04:10 am
One summer my kid had soccer camp on at an artificial turf field. It was terrible. It madeRead More everything hotter and very uncomfortable. I had to pull my kid out of camp early because of it. I do not think it is better for the environment OR for kids. Just go to any turf field and try to walk across it on a hot day. Try to go barefoot on it (good luck!) We have been told not to microwave plastic containers because of BPA and bad chemicals that can cause cancer. What about heating up plastic grass and running around on it, breathing the fumes that come off it?? How is that any different?
R. W. Dehner May 9, 2013 at 02:20 am
Artificial turf is appropriate for dedicated use sports venues, not for multi-use city parks.
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