A lady whose physique was pulled from the Santa Ana River in Orange County on New 12 months’s Day has been recognized as 39-year-old Alejandra Ramirez Torres, coroner’s officers mentioned. Her physique had been carried by the river’s present from Santa Ana to Fountain Valley earlier than it might be retrieved by fireplace crews.
Ramirez Torres was the mom of two daughters, ages 11 and 16, based on a GoFundMe web page created by her family.
Orange County fireplace officers mentioned 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 lifeless on the scene, officers mentioned.
“This sudden and heartbreaking loss has deeply affected our household. We’re doing every little thing 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 family mentioned 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 loss of life, Orange County Sheriff’s Division spokesperson Sgt. Lizbeth Gwisdalla confirmed Friday to the Every day Pilot.
How and why she entered the river was not identified.
Cardine writes for The Occasions’ sister publication the Every day Pilot.
