- Samuel Vincent Allen, 17, is feared dead after being overpowered by waves
- The teen was riding his boogie board at Rockaway Beach in Oregon on Wednesday
- He was overpowered by waves and his father, Robert, ran in to try to save him
- Robert, 50, was also overpowered by the water and his body was found last night
- Search and rescue teams called off their efforts to recover Samuel on Thursday
A teenage boy who was knocked off his boogie board at an Oregon beach on Wednesday is feared dead after his father died trying to save him.
Samuel Vincent Allen, 17, was in the water at Rockaway Beach on Wednesday when he was overpowered by waves.
His father Robert Joseph Allen ran into the water to try to save him but drowned in the process.
Search and rescue teams found 50-year-old John’s body on Wednesday night but they could not recover Samuel.
A rescue helicopter searches for Samuel Vicente Allen at Rockaway Beach in Oregon on Wednesday after the teenager was knocked off his boogie board. His father, Robert Joseph Allen, died trying to save him
On Thursday, the coast guard called off its search for him.
The father and son were at the beach with Robert’s wife, Samuel’s stepmother, who called 911.
They were visiting Oregon from Fort Collins, Colorado.
Witnesses described a ‘frantic’ scene at the ordinarily peaceful beach afterwards as search and rescue crews descended on it.
The search resumed with helicopters at first light on Thursday but the boy’s body is yet to be found.
In the early afternoon, they announced the search had been called off but did not indicate whether they had recovered Samuel’s body.
The search for the boy resumed on Thursday morning after going on until after sunset the day he went missing in the waves
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