Two high school friends lost their lives in the U.S. after falling asleep on a treacherous stretch of beach in California, as reported by The Sun.
Harshita Nair, aged 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were enjoying themselves at Panther Beach near Santa Cruz on Wednesday, June 10th. They had ventured into a secluded cove, enclosed by high cliffs and accessible only through a narrow cave. While the friends dozed near the water’s edge, a surge of tide swept over them, carrying them out into the open sea.
A passerby alerted the rescue services, and at least eight volunteers immediately entered the ocean to assist. According to one of the swimmers interviewed by the New York Post, he and a companion found Sran floating face down about 20 meters offshore. They managed to bring her to the shore unconscious. Nair was pulled from the water at a neighboring beach, also found in an unresponsive state. Both young women were rushed to the hospital.
Tragically, Nair could not be saved. Sran’s life was fought for by medical professionals for three days, but she passed away on Saturday. A spokesman for the California Fire Department, Michael Horn, explained that once the tide began to rise, the women had no means of escape back through the cave, as it was submerged almost instantly. Horn added that the tide on June 10th coincided with two-meter-high waves, making the rescue attempt for the friends exceedingly difficult.
It is known that the women had attended the same high school in Fremont. Following graduation, Nair enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, while Sran attended San Jose State University.
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