A girl whose physique was pulled from the Santa Ana River in Orange County on New Yr’s Day has been recognized as 39-year-old Alejandra Ramirez Torres, coroner’s officers stated. Her physique had been carried by the river’s present from Santa Ana to Fountain Valley earlier than it may very well be retrieved by hearth crews.
Ramirez Torres was the mom of two daughters, ages 11 and 16, in keeping with a GoFundMe web page created by her kin.
Orange County hearth officers stated crews responded to 911 calls earlier than midday Thursday after bystanders reported seeing a physique within the river close to Warner Avenue and Harbor Boulevard.
Some 60 firefighters responded to the scene, together with swift-water rescue groups. They discovered Ramirez Torres’ physique south of the river’s juncture with the 405 Freeway, north of the Gisler Avenue river path in Costa Mesa, about 1.5 miles from the place witnesses first noticed the lady.
A ladder truck was used to decrease a rescuer to the water and retrieve Ramirez Torres, who was pronounced useless on the scene, officers stated.
“This sudden and heartbreaking loss has deeply affected our household. We’re doing all the things we are able to to help Alejandra’s women as they face an unsure future with out their mom,” states the GoFundMe web page, which kin stated was set as much as cowl the prices of Ramirez Torres’ funeral and supply help for her daughters.
The lady was a doable transient on the time of her dying, Orange County Sheriff’s Division spokesperson Sgt. Lizbeth Gwisdalla confirmed Friday to the Day by day Pilot.
How and why she entered the river was not recognized.
Cardine writes for The Occasions’ sister publication the Day by day Pilot.
