So far this year, the National Weather Service says there have been almost 70 deaths from high surf, rip-current and sneaker waves off the nation’s coasts.
For one Fremont family, it was during a family beach trip in 2021 that tragedy struck. Sharmistha Chakraborty and Tarun Pruthi were at Cowell Ranch State Beach in January that year with their two sons when a big wave swept them into the ocean.
“The beachgoers saved some of us who also got caught in the rip by creating a human chain,” Chakraborty remembered…