Three men from the same family are presumed dead after they jumped into the waters to save a drowning 8-year-old boy in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
The boy was swept away by the current near Three Mile Slough in Sacramento County and five men rushed to rescue him. Only two resurface with the boy.
“They saw them go under and never saw them come back,” police said.
The three men were identified as Edwin Rivas, Edwin Perez, and Danilo Solorzan. Their friends said that they were relatives.
“This happened so fast, three people, my friends, and we used to come here all the time,” one of the two surviving rescuers said.
“It seems to be calmer but the undertow and the currents in that area are pretty bad,” Battalion Chief Brandon Wilson said.
California State Parks Captain Paul Wissler added: “This is an unguarded swim beach, so we do not have lifeguards on duty,”
“It’s mainly a fishing access off of an unregulated trail in the state park… this is title unguarded water, so the water was moving at the time.”
