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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 Woman disappears in the surf at Long Beach Drowning assumed after extensive search Invisible hazards The incident started roughly 1½ hours before a fairly low tide. At the time, the air tem- perature and water tempera- ture were both between about 55 and 60 degrees. Accord- ing to various internet sources, a healthy person who is in 50 to 60-degree water typically reaches the point of exhaustion or unconsciousness in one to two hours, but can sometimes survive for as long as six hours. However, with many hazards underwater, including rolling logs and “crab holes,” as well as a powerful, but invisible rip current, most of the Peninsu- la’s dozens of drowning vic- tims have succumbed to the water within an hour or so. 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According to emergency responders, the man and woman were staying at the Adrift Hotel and decided to go down to the beach sometime after dark. The man told responders that he and the woman decided to go for a dip in the ocean, prob- ably at about 9:45 p.m. Within about 10 minutes of entering the water, the two became sepa- rated. The man searched for the woman in the waves and called for her for about ive to 10 min- utes. However, the night was dark and overcast, and even if it had been clear, the sliver of crescent moon would have provided very little light, so visibility was extremely low. Responders say the man real- ized he needed to call 911, but had left his cellphone back in his hotel room. He ran back to the hotel, called 911, then returned to the beach, where he worked with responders. 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The Coast Guard quickly sent an MH-60 Jay- hawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River in Warren- ton, which arrived at about 11 p.m. The helicopter continued to sweep back and forth over the water in widening circles for the remainder of the search effort. As the evening wore on, the helicopter began venturing farther north and south, a pos- sible indication that respond- ers were shifting from a rescue effort to a recovery effort. Suspending the search With little chance of inding the woman amid the worsening weather conditions, rescuers suspended the ground search at about 12:40 a.m., and a con- voy of emergency vehicles left the beach. The Coast Guard helicopter continued searching until about 2 a.m., and a Coast Guard boat continued until about 3 a.m., when the fog made it impos- sible to continue. According to a statement from Coast Guard oficials, a boat crew returned to the area at about sunrise Thursday, and stayed until about 9:30 a.m., when they made the dificult decision to suspend the search. “Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of the miss- ing woman,” said Capt. David Berliner, deputy commander at Coast Guard Sector Colum- bia River. “The decision to sus- pend a search and rescue case is the hardest decision I make as a leader and Coast Guards- man, but I also know our crews did everything they could have done to have a better outcome.” Responders said that it can take anywhere from days to weeks to recover the body of a drowning victim, and some never return to shore. Paciic County Coroner Mark McClain said oficials will likely wait to see if the woman can be recovered before declar- ing her dead. In the meantime, the Paciic County Sheriff’s Ofice is handling the investi- gation of the incident. Long Beach Volunteer Fire Department Chief Matt Bon- ney, a longtime ire volunteer who grew up on the Peninsula, said the incident had deeply affected many of the respond- ers who helped out. He noted that some of the same people also responded to an early sum- mer incident in which a mid- dle school girl from Oregon drowned, and a summer 2014 incident in which a 10-year-old girl drowned and her younger brother narrowly survived. “We feel it when we can’t recover someone. It’s always hard. It doesn’t matter how old they are. It sticks with you,” Bonney said. “… we feel for the family. 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