Exclusive | Tragic new detail emerges in death of 5-year-old swept out to sea by massive wave
The 5-year-old San Bernardino girl who was swept out to sea by a massive wave in Laguna Beach this week was set to start kindergarten later this summer, school officials said.Amada Mia Brown, who died after being caught in the powerful surf battering California’s coast Tuesday night, was scheduled to begin kindergarten in the San Bernardino City Unified School District in August, Communications Manager Maria Garcia told The California Post.“We mourn Amada’s loss and hold her family in our thoughts during this difficult time,” Garcia said.Amada was also set to attend a new student orientation next month, Garcia added.The young girl vanished Tuesday evening after powerful waves pulled her, her mother and her brother into the ocean near the shoreline at Treasure Island Beach.Heroic bystanders who took to the rough water managed to rescue Amada’s mother and brother, but Amada was carried out to sea.Two of those who helped with the rescue were transported to a local hospital in stable condition with unspecified injuries.After Amada disappeared, the US Coast Guard and multiple partner agencies launched a massive search spanning more than 30 hours and 90 square miles.Video obtained by The California Post showed the frantic search for the young girl Tuesday night as officials used high-powered flashlights from the shore and cliffside.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!The search was suspended Wednesday after authorities concluded further efforts were unlikely to succeed.But on Thursday morning, a Laguna Beach Police Department aerial search located Amada’s body about 250 to 300 yards offshore and roughly a quarter-mile north of where she was swept away.Amada’s father, Aaron Brown, paid tribute...