Sad news out of Pacific County this morning with the US Coast Guard reporting that they have suspended the search for a missing 15-year-old who had been swimming late Friday evening in the waters off of Long Beach, WA. The Coast Guard suspended the search Saturday at 12:30 a.m. pending any new information.

Two men were rescued and one teen remained missing and was presumed dead after an accident Friday evening along the shoreline of Long Beach, Fire Department officials said.

A “surf rescue” call came in around 8 p.m., Long Beach fire Chief Kyle Jewell said Saturday.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the two men saw the boy struggling to swim and tried to rescue him. The men had to be rescued by a Pacific County rescue swimmer on a Jet Ski.

Rescue teams could not find the 15-year-old boy. The men were taken to a hospital for possible hypothermia.

“The act of suspending any search, let alone that of a 15-year-old, is something that the Coast Guard does not take lightly and not without a heavy heart,” said Greg Merten Coast Guard Search and Rescue Mission Coordinator. “We would like to thank the swimmer from Pacific County for their heroism and extend our deepest condolences to everyone affected by this horrible tragedy.”

Weather conditions at the time of search were 8 knots from the Northwest, 3-foot waves, 53-degree air temperature, and 54-degree water temperature.