Last-minute call on dying phone leads rescuers to woman trapped by rising tide in CA
A woman made one last call for help with a dying phone after getting trapped on a California beach because of a rising tide, authorities said.
The woman was stranded on a coastline April 17, near Lomita, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department-Lomita Station said.
She became lost on the beach and called for help before her phone died, deputies said. Rescuers searched over 2 miles of coastline in the dark for the woman.
Her phone died during the search, so rescuers had no way to contact the woman.
Deputies eventually found the woman on the coastline but couldn’t reach her.
Rescuers couldn’t get past the rising tides, and they couldn’t scale the cliffs because it was too dangerous, deputies said.
Instead, they landed a helicopter on the surfline to save her, deputies said.
The woman was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Lomita is about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
This story was originally published April 20, 2023 at 2:03 PM with the headline "Last-minute call on dying phone leads rescuers to woman trapped by rising tide in CA."
