A number of businesses have been dispatched to Panther State Seaside in Santa Cruz County simply after 6 pm final Monday when Srinivasa Murthy Jonnalagadda entered the water to rescue his minor son who was unable to get out of the water, California Hearth mentioned on Twitter.

Jonnalagadda, who didn’t know tips on how to swim, managed to rescue his son however was then dragged by the riptide into deeper waters and drowned as his household helplessly bore witness. He was then boarded onto a California Freeway Patrol helicopter and brought to the Stanford Hospital the place he died later, FOX KTVU reported.

One other man, who helped Jonnalagadda rescue his son, nonetheless, obtained out of the water on his personal with none accidents, the report mentioned.