Relatives of Alejandra Ramirez Torres, 39, mourned her death on Friday after Orange County firefighters recovered her body in the Santa Ana River on New Year’s Day.
The Orange County Fire Authority said someone reported Ramirez Torres’ body in the water near South Harbor Boulevard and Warner Avenue in Costa Mesa. More than 60 firefighters from different local agencies joined the rescue efforts, which ended about two miles away after crews successfully recovered Ramirez Torres in Fountain Valley.
“Potentially up to a couple miles of this person being in the cold, fast-moving water, and that is a challenging situation for anybody to find themselves in,” OCFA Capt. Sean Doran “Despite all the efforts that we could put forth for this rescue, this is just a tragic outcome.”…