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Mar 9, 2009 7:48 pm US/Pacific

Teen Swept Out To Sea Near Santa Cruz; Search Ends

SANTA CRUZ (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― After searching for more than eight hours, rescue crews called off their search Monday afternoon for a 17-year-old boy who disappeared in the Pacific Ocean near the coastal town of Davenport, just north of Santa Cruz.

The teen, Dennis Cyncor-McMillian, had been with a group that was barbecuing and drinking at Shark's Tooth Beach. At some point, he and another boy decided to take a swim.

Cyncor-McMillian tripped and fell while in the water with his friend shortly after 4:15 a.m., U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Simone Mausz said.

The boy drifted about 20 yards in the frigid, choppy water when his friend lost sight of him, Mausz said, adding that he could have gotten swept up by losing his footing in a strong wave of surf water.

The Coast Guard, the California State Park Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the Davenport Fire Department scoured a six-mile stretch of coastline from the Davenport beach area to Santa Cruz.
 
They also searched offshore to a distance of eight miles with a lifeboat and by helicopter until about 12:30 p.m. when the search was suspended.

The teen was only wearing shorts when he disappeared into the 55-degree water. The Coast Guard recorded ocean swells of about 12 feet, according to Nicholas Lajoie, a Coast Guard command duty officer. 
 
Davenport is a small town about nine miles north of Santa Cruz with steep cliffs that tower above the ocean.

(© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. The Associated Press and Bay City News contributed to this report.)

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