2 jet skiers found after going missing off Long Beach coast
Two jet skiers who went missing off the Long Beach coast on Sunday night were located after an hours-long search that spanned into Monday.
Long Beach Fire Department Captain Jack Crabtree told CBS LA that they were contacted at around 10 p.m. upon learning that two members of a large group of people riding jet skis were unaccounted for near the Alamitos Bay Landing.
Crabtree said that by 10:30 p.m., they were being assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard and Long Beach police as they searched for the two missing jet skiers, an unidentified male and female.
The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was found on the breakwall, where she was able to flag down some fishermen who contacted LBFD, Crabtree said. She was rescued from the area by firefighters and assessed on their boat. It's unclear if she required hospitalization.
The second jet skier, identified as 53-year-old Paul Anthony Carbullido, was found early Monday morning. It's unclear where he was located and how firefighters saved him. Firefighters said that both of the jet skis were found in open water after they were spotted by a USCG helicopter.