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The family of Arunay Pruthi, 12, is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who rescues him following an incident at Cowell Ranch State Beach on Monday.
Arunay, his father Tarun Pruthi, and his 8-year-old brother were sitting on the sand of the California beach when an unexpected wave pulled them into the ocean around 3:45 p.m.
“All of us basically managed to get back, but he just drifted away,” he said of Arunay.
The father added the 12-year-old is a “reasonably good swimmer.”
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“We didn’t expect it. The waves were pretty big. It threw me around for a while. I just managed to barely make it,” Pruthi toldCBS San Francisco Bay Area.
The family called the Coast Guard, leading to a search from Monday night until Tuesday afternoon. The Coast Guard eventually decided to call the rescue mission off.
Wright also toldCBS, “When we’re no longer confident that we’re able to rescue a victim alive, we will suspend the search.”
The family is offering $50,000 to anyone who locates the missing child who they say was last wearing a white shirt and green shorts.
“Anyone with specialized equipment like boars, sonars, planes, submersible, diving/SCUBA gear who can deploy, please do so now as time is essential,” themissing poster says. “We will independently fund any effort needed to recover Arunay after definitive identification.”
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They also set up aGoFundMe pageto pay for an independent search effort. They closed donations after raising $179,324.
As of Thursday night, Arunay’s familysharedthat they used the GoFundMe money to hire “a number of drones teams,” a beachcombing team, a boat team and a plane and helicopter to search for the 12-year-old.
source: people.com
