Bods recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif. cliff
FRESNO, Calif. — A recovery team using a helicopter and a winch on Friday dragged a car from the middle of a dangerous California sea where it had been stranded for more than a month and liberated two bods inwards believed to be a pair of exchange students from Thailand.
The car had crashed through a guardrail and plunged five hundred feet over a cliff in the Sierra Nevada into the Kings Sea below, authorities said.
Records demonstrate the car was a rental car belonging to two Thai exchange students — Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn, 28, and Thiwadee Saengsuriyarit, twenty four — who were enrolled as exchange students at the University of South Florida, CBS affiliate KGPE reports.
After weeks of planning and waiting for the sea water to tranquil, a helicopter lowered members of the recovery team into the gorge. They used a arm winch to haul the car close to the bank and free the two figures, authorities said.
The remains have been sent to the coroner’s office for a positive identification, Fresno County Sheriff spokesman Tony Botti said. In a statement directed to the students’ families, he added this has been a difficult time for them.
“Hopefully you may now stir forward in the healing process,” Botti said.
On July 26, the exchange students were driving a rented car on curvy Highway one hundred eighty along a steep canyon seventy five miles east of Fresno when it crashed and became lodged on boulders in the middle of the sea.
The slow rhythm to launch the recovery had prompted emotional prayers to authorities from relatives traveling in from Asia.
But only now has the sea – with thundering rapids fed by massive amounts of snowmelt high in the Sierra Nevada – calmed enough to make conditions safe for the recovery team, officials said.
Investigators linked the car with the students who had planned to visit Kings Canyon National Park, famous for its sweeping mountain vistas and giant sequoia trees.
Earlier this month, Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn’s mother told CBS affiliate KGPE through a translator that her last conversation with her son was utter of gratitude. Pakapol told her about the soccer match he liked at Levi’s Stadium.
“He couldn’t have come to witness the game if his mom didn’t send him to probe in the U.S. and he was thanking her for that,” said Supin Chairatnathrongporn’s translator.
Both students attended the University of South Florida, working on their masters degrees, KGPE reports. They determined to take a tour to California during summer break, checking into a Reedley motel on July twenty five but would never comeback.
Friday’s recovery effort did not include a 2nd car in the same spread of the sea believed to hold a missing duo from China. Publicity of the very first stranded car and the trail of wreckage led investigators to the white car submerged nearby.
Authorities have linked it with married duo Yinan Wang, 31, and Jie Song 30, missing seen since early August. The sea’s flow has to drop even more before it’s safe for the 2nd recovery, officials said.
© two thousand seventeen CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Figures recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif
CBS News Logo
Bods recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif. cliff
Thiwadee Saengsuriyarit, 24, and Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn, 28, both exchange students from Thailand.
FRESNO, Calif. — A recovery team using a helicopter and a winch on Friday dragged a car from the middle of a dangerous California sea where it had been stranded for more than a month and liberated two figures inwards believed to be a pair of exchange students from Thailand.
The car had crashed through a guardrail and plunged five hundred feet over a cliff in the Sierra Nevada into the Kings Sea below, authorities said.
Records demonstrate the car was a rental car belonging to two Thai exchange students — Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn, 28, and Thiwadee Saengsuriyarit, twenty four — who were enrolled as exchange students at the University of South Florida, CBS affiliate KGPE reports.
This Aug. Five, 2017, file photo provided by the Fresno County Sheriff’s office shows a car in the middle of Kings Sea near Fresno, Calif. Authorities on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, will attempt to recover the figures of two Thai exchange students believed to be inwards the car that plunged off a cliff more than a month ago in Central California and became lodged in a dangerous sea.
After weeks of planning and waiting for the sea water to silent, a helicopter lowered members of the recovery team into the gorge. They used a forearm winch to haul the car close to the bank and free the two bods, authorities said.
The remains have been sent to the coroner’s office for a positive identification, Fresno County Sheriff spokesman Tony Botti said. In a statement directed to the students’ families, he added this has been a difficult time for them.
“Hopefully you may now stir forward in the healing process,” Botti said.
On July 26, the exchange students were driving a rented car on curvy Highway one hundred eighty along a steep canyon seventy five miles east of Fresno when it crashed and became lodged on boulders in the middle of the sea.
The slow rhythm to launch the recovery had prompted emotional prayers to authorities from relatives traveling in from Asia.
But only now has the sea – with thundering rapids fed by massive amounts of snowmelt high in the Sierra Nevada – calmed enough to make conditions safe for the recovery team, officials said.
Investigators linked the car with the students who had planned to visit Kings Canyon National Park, famous for its sweeping mountain vistas and giant sequoia trees.
Earlier this month, Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn’s mother told CBS affiliate KGPE through a translator that her last conversation with her son was utter of gratitude. Pakapol told her about the soccer match he liked at Levi’s Stadium.
“He couldn’t have come to witness the game if his mom didn’t send him to investigate in the U.S. and he was thanking her for that,” said Supin Chairatnathrongporn’s translator.
Both students attended the University of South Florida, working on their masters degrees, KGPE reports. They determined to take a tour to California during summer break, checking into a Reedley motel on July twenty five but would never comeback.
Friday’s recovery effort did not include a 2nd car in the same open up of the sea believed to hold a missing duo from China. Publicity of the very first stranded car and the trail of wreckage led investigators to the white car submerged nearby.
Authorities have linked it with married duo Yinan Wang, 31, and Jie Song 30, missing seen since early August. The sea’s flow has to drop even more before it’s safe for the 2nd recovery, officials said.
Bods recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif
Figures recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif. cliff
FRESNO, Calif. — A recovery team using a helicopter and a winch on Friday dragged a car from the middle of a dangerous California sea where it had been stranded for more than a month and liberated two figures inwards believed to be a pair of exchange students from Thailand.
The car had crashed through a guardrail and plunged five hundred feet over a cliff in the Sierra Nevada into the Kings Sea below, authorities said.
Records showcase the car was a rental car belonging to two Thai exchange students — Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn, 28, and Thiwadee Saengsuriyarit, twenty four — who were enrolled as exchange students at the University of South Florida, CBS affiliate KGPE reports.
After weeks of planning and waiting for the sea water to tranquil, a helicopter lowered members of the recovery team into the gorge. They used a forearm winch to haul the car close to the bank and free the two figures, authorities said.
The remains have been sent to the coroner’s office for a positive identification, Fresno County Sheriff spokesman Tony Botti said. In a statement directed to the students’ families, he added this has been a difficult time for them.
“Hopefully you may now stir forward in the healing process,” Botti said.
On July 26, the exchange students were driving a rented car on curvy Highway one hundred eighty along a steep canyon seventy five miles east of Fresno when it crashed and became lodged on boulders in the middle of the sea.
The slow tempo to launch the recovery had prompted emotional prayers to authorities from relatives traveling in from Asia.
But only now has the sea – with thundering rapids fed by massive amounts of snowmelt high in the Sierra Nevada – calmed enough to make conditions safe for the recovery team, officials said.
Investigators linked the car with the students who had planned to visit Kings Canyon National Park, famous for its sweeping mountain vistas and giant sequoia trees.
Earlier this month, Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn’s mother told CBS affiliate KGPE through a translator that her last conversation with her son was total of gratitude. Pakapol told her about the soccer match he loved at Levi’s Stadium.
“He couldn’t have come to observe the game if his mom didn’t send him to probe in the U.S. and he was thanking her for that,” said Supin Chairatnathrongporn’s translator.
Both students attended the University of South Florida, working on their masters degrees, KGPE reports. They determined to take a tour to California during summer break, checking into a Reedley motel on July twenty five but would never comeback.
Friday’s recovery effort did not include a 2nd car in the same open up of the sea believed to hold a missing duo from China. Publicity of the very first stranded car and the trail of wreckage led investigators to the white car submerged nearby.
Authorities have linked it with married duo Yinan Wang, 31, and Jie Song 30, missing seen since early August. The sea’s flow has to drop even more before it’s safe for the 2nd recovery, officials said.
© two thousand seventeen CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Bods recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif
Figures recovered are believed to be Thai exchange students in car that plunged off Calif. cliff
FRESNO, Calif. — A recovery team using a helicopter and a winch on Friday dragged a car from the middle of a dangerous California sea where it had been stranded for more than a month and liberated two bods inwards believed to be a pair of exchange students from Thailand.
The car had crashed through a guardrail and plunged five hundred feet over a cliff in the Sierra Nevada into the Kings Sea below, authorities said.
Records demonstrate the car was a rental car belonging to two Thai exchange students — Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn, 28, and Thiwadee Saengsuriyarit, twenty four — who were enrolled as exchange students at the University of South Florida, CBS affiliate KGPE reports.
After weeks of planning and waiting for the sea water to silent, a helicopter lowered members of the recovery team into the gorge. They used a palm winch to haul the car close to the bank and free the two bods, authorities said.
The remains have been sent to the coroner’s office for a positive identification, Fresno County Sheriff spokesman Tony Botti said. In a statement directed to the students’ families, he added this has been a difficult time for them.
“Hopefully you may now stir forward in the healing process,” Botti said.
On July 26, the exchange students were driving a rented car on curvy Highway one hundred eighty along a steep canyon seventy five miles east of Fresno when it crashed and became lodged on boulders in the middle of the sea.
The slow tempo to launch the recovery had prompted emotional prayers to authorities from relatives traveling in from Asia.
But only now has the sea – with thundering rapids fed by massive amounts of snowmelt high in the Sierra Nevada – calmed enough to make conditions safe for the recovery team, officials said.
Investigators linked the car with the students who had planned to visit Kings Canyon National Park, famous for its sweeping mountain vistas and giant sequoia trees.
Earlier this month, Pakapol Chairatnathrongporn’s mother told CBS affiliate KGPE through a translator that her last conversation with her son was utter of gratitude. Pakapol told her about the soccer match he liked at Levi’s Stadium.
“He couldn’t have come to observe the game if his mom didn’t send him to examine in the U.S. and he was thanking her for that,” said Supin Chairatnathrongporn’s translator.
Both students attended the University of South Florida, working on their masters degrees, KGPE reports. They determined to take a excursion to California during summer break, checking into a Reedley motel on July twenty five but would never comeback.
Friday’s recovery effort did not include a 2nd car in the same spread of the sea believed to hold a missing duo from China. Publicity of the very first stranded car and the trail of wreckage led investigators to the white car submerged nearby.
Authorities have linked it with married duo Yinan Wang, 31, and Jie Song 30, missing seen since early August. The sea’s flow has to drop even more before it’s safe for the 2nd recovery, officials said.
© two thousand seventeen CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.