Bay Area Family's Nonprofit Teaches Children Beach Safety In Memory Of Their Son

CBS Bay Area

September 11, 2025

So far this year, the National Weather Service says there have been almost 70 deaths from high surf, rip currents, and sneaker waves off the nation's coasts.

For one Fremont family, it was during a family beach trip in 2021 that tragedy struck. Sharmistha Chakraborty and Tarun Pruthi were at Cowell Ranch State Beach in January that year with their two sons when a big wave swept them into the ocean.

"The beachgoers saved some of us who also got caught in the rip by creating a human chain," Chakraborty remembered.

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