A Santa Monica family is pleading for authorities to continue the search for a 22-year-old college student who went missing in the ocean waters off the Bay Area last week.
Hamzah Alsaudi, a senior on the wrestling team at San Francisco State University, disappeared Jan. 19 after taking a “cold plunge” in the ocean at Esplanade Beach in Pacifica. Teammates told police Alsaudi went in with two teammates but was swept away by a large wave.
“It’s very hard to accept that they stopped the search for a strong person like Hamzah,” said his mother, Nadia Shaheen.
Police said rescue crews searched for Alsaudi until about 8:30 p.m. on