Longtime first responder dies while paddle boarding off Montecito coastline

First responders on the South Coast are in shock after one of their own apparently died while paddle boarding off of Montecito. Family members say Tony Pighetti went into the ocean off of Miramar Beach early Tuesday evening. When he didn’t return before nightfall, they called authorities. A large scale search was mounted. A Coast Guard search team found the 59-year-old man early Wednesday morning. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

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