LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9, 2008
Tragedy For U.S. Rep. Sanchez Sisters
Brother of 2 Calif. Congresswomen Found After Boating Mishap
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Timeline Deadly Maritime Disasters Some of the worst and most famous civilian disasters at sea.
Officials from the Coast Guard and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on Thursday confirmed that the bodies recovered by divers are 51-year-old Henry Sanchez and 48-year-old Penny Avila.
Sanchez is the brother of U.S. Reps. Loretta and Linda Sanchez.
The couple vanished on Oct. 2 while boating.
Dive teams recovered the bodies and raised a 26-foot boat from the ocean floor off Los Angeles Wednesday. Investigators say the boat may have struck a barge near the harbor entrance.
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