Authorities say they’ve found both jet skiers who went missing off the Long Beach coast after they were separated from their group Sunday night.
The search began around 10 p.m. when the Long Beach Fire Department was notified about a man and a woman who’d disappered from a group of jet skiers that went out for a ride earlier that evening.
Then, around 10:30 p.m., they got a call from a civilian boat saying someone was yelling for help near the breakwater, which helped narrow the search, LBFD Capt. Jack Crabtree said.
LBFD lifeguards dove into the water and rescued a woman from the breakwater, according to Crabtree. Once they got her aboard their boat, they took her to shore, where she was taken to the hospital in stable condition, he said.
Hours later, at around 1:15 a.m., they found an empty jet ski in the open water past the breakwater. They found a second one around 1:45 a.m., Crabtree said — but not the other rider.
On Monday morning, the Coast Guard said they found him in the water and hoisted him onto a helicopter. He was alive and conscious when they pulled him out, according to a Coast Guard spokesperson, but no other details were immediately available.
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