Deadly week in Redondo Beach waters; two die, MMA fighter hospitalized
Brian Ortega, recovering from a near-drowning just off of the Redondo Breakwall. “Mother Nature remains undefeated,” he said. Photo via Twitter/@brianTcity Two people died and a third nearly drowned in the span of four days off of the waters of Redondo Beach last week, a series of occurrences that public safety officials are calling an anomaly. The first incident came on Wednesday, Feb. 27, when a group of four people were washed into the harbor from the breakwall, Redondo Beach Fire Department Division Chief Mark Winter said. RBFD responded to the scene just after 11:15 p.m., after bystanders reported the cries for help made by the victims. Winter said that the four, two men and two women, were in the water for “a significant amount of time” before help arrived. Upon arrival, Redondo Harbor Patrol began a rock rescue; a rescue swimmer helped one of the victims who was stuck in the water while the other three victims held to the base of the breakwall. “While we were going back out to his location, another wave came over to the wall, which engulfed all of them,” Winter said. “To my amazement, when the wave cleared, harbor patrol was holding onto two of the female victims,” who were…
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