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   The body of a 15-year-old boy who went missing while swimming with friends   
   off the Huntington Beach Pier late last month has been recovered, officials   
   announced Thursday.   
      
   The initial incident was reported around 9 p.m. on July 28 after the teen   
   and another swimmer went into the water near lifeguard tower 11, but only   
   one of them returned to shore, Huntington Beach Public Information Officer   
   Jennifer Carey confirmed to KTLA.   
      
   Officials said waves that evening were approximately three to five feet high   
   with strong rip currents throughout the day Sunday.   
      
   The missing teen has not yet been identified.   
      
   Huntington Beach Marine Safety lifeguards were among multiple agencies that   
   responded to the scene to conduct a search for the missing boy. Swimmers and   
   divers searched for an hour and a half Sunday night before being pulled from   
   the water, Carey said.   
      
   An Orange County Sheriff’s Department air unit continued to search by air   
   with lifeguards also searching on land throughout the night.   
      
   The U.S. Coast Guard, which took the lead in the operation on July 29,   
   dispatched a small boat crew from Station Los Angeles-Long Beach, an Air   
   Station San Diego Jayhawk helicopter crew, and the crew of the Coast Guard   
   Cutter Blackfin to search the area alongside partner agencies.   
      
   Almost 24 hours after he went missing, officials called off the search for   
   the missing boy.   
      
   “The decision to suspend an active search is never easy and is only made   
   after exhaustive efforts to find the missing person,” Capt. Stacey Crecy,   
   commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, said in a   
   statement. “Our hearts ache for his family and friends.”   
      
   Authorities with the Huntington Beach Fire Department said that on Aug. 5,   
   the department’s marine safety division located and recovered a body near   
   lifeguard tower 3.   
      
   “Yesterday evening, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Coroner Division   
   confirmed that the body is that of the 15-year-old swimmer who went missing   
   on Sunday July 28, 2024,” HBFD said in a post to social media.   
      
   Officials also offered their “deepest condolences” to the family and   
   friends   
   of the young swimmer.   
      
   “Strong rip currents can be dangerous, even for the strongest swimmers,”   
   the   
   Coast Guard said. A rip current is a fast-moving channel of water extending   
   from near the beach out past the line of breaking waves.   
      
   Beachgoers should avoid swimming where rip currents are present and should   
   swim at beaches with lifeguards, the Coast Guard said.   
      
   https://ktla.com/news/local-news/body-of-boy-15-who-went-missing-in-   
   huntington-beach-waters-recovered/   
      
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