Search Called Off For Soldier Swept Into Ocean — But Divers, Trenton Family Refuse To Stop
Search operations for Amanpreet Singh Thind, a 35-year-old U.S. Army specialist from New Jersey, have been officially suspended after four days of intensive efforts along the California coast, authorities said. But as public agencies step back, divers, loved ones, and supporters back home are continuing the fight to bring him home.
Thind, a student at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, was swept into the Pacific Ocean at Soberanes Point in Garrapata State Park on Saturday, Nov. 22, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said. A Beach Hazard Statement was active at the time…
Massive 20-Foot Shark Caught On Video Near Boaters Off Northeast Coast
A massive 20-foot shark was captured on video amid boaters off the Northeast coast.
Clear images of its dorsal fin were caught on video in Rhode Island near Block Island over Memorial Day weekend.
It's believed to have been a basking shark, according to ABC 6 Providence, which obtained the video available to view here.
Basking sharks, which can be as long as 33 feet, are the second largest in the world, behind only the whale shark, which can grow to be 46 feet. The great white shark, which can be up to 23 feet, is third-largest.
In North Carolina on Wednesday, May 28, a 26-year-old m…
Jersey City Woman Survives Being Swept Into Pacific Ocean, But Her Recovery Won't Be Easy
Diana Torroledo, a Jersey City resident was swept into the Pacific Ocean while vacationing in San Diego last month
On Friday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m., Torroledo and her boyfriend, Ash, got swept into the ocean from a jetty, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said. Ash was rescued first and then Torroledo was found breathing, but unconscious, rescuers said.
The pair had gone to the end of the jetty to watch the waves, rescuers told NBC San Diego.
Torroledo was airlifted to a nearby hospital. Torroledo sustained multiple fractures across her body and face and a brain hemorrhage, according t…
