Teenage Swimmer Missing Off Huntington Beach

Children play beside a lifeguard tower as sunset approaches at Sunset Beach in Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 21, 2018. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A search was underway July 29 along the shore of Huntington Beach for a teenager who went swimming and failed to return.

First responders received a call at about 9 p.m. July 28 about the missing swimmer and began a search with lifeguards in the water, on land, and in the air with a helicopter from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Jennifer Carey, Huntington Beach’s public affairs manager, told City News Service.