An 8-year-old boy and a 39-year-old man who tried to rescue him died after both were swept out to sea off a Northern California beach, state officials and news outlets reported.
The incident took place at Cowell Ranch State Beach near Half Moon Bay at about 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19, California State Parks officials said in a news release sent to McClatchy News.
The boy was swept off the beach out to sea and the man entered the water to try to save him, KGO reported. Both were carried away by a rip current…