Volunteer diver searches not for bodies — but ‘sons or daughters’

Early on May 1, Camille McGee’s car plunged into the Trinity River in Northern California. McGee and her partner, Michael Cox, escaped from the vehicle and made it to shore. But their 9-month-old son, Oliver, was swept away by the current.

Trinity County Search and Rescue searched for days. Then Juan Heredia heard about the case. By day, he’s a mortgage broker in Stockton. In his free time, he helps families like Oliver’s.

“First of all, I don’t search for bodies,” Heredia said. “I search for sons or daughters.”…

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