GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- The search for one missing swimmer who disappeared Monday off the Galveston coast is over.
The U.S. Coast Guard had been using a chopper to look for the man since he vanished.
(Copyright ©2011 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The search continues for a Houston man who disappeared in a rip current while swimming in Galveston. The Galveston Beach Patrol received a call around 7:20pm about a man who went missing after going swimming with a woman near 29th and Seawall. The swimmer, who's been identified only as a 24-year-old African American male, and the woman got caught in the rip current. The woman was pushed on the rocks and the man went under. The female swimmer couldn't swim and the man wasn't a good swimmer either. The woman managed to climb on top of the rocks. The Coast Guard has dispatched its helicopter and boats to help Galveston Beach Patrol with the search. (Copyright ©2011 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »The students arrived around noon. Just a few minutes later, two students were in trouble. One of the students who went into the water afterwards spoke to Eyewitness News but didn't want to be identified.
He said, "A friend of mine started screaming that they were drowning. I ran off. I was the first one in the water. I got a chance to get my friend Luis out, but when I turned around to see if I could find (the other teen), I didn't see him no more. I was going to dive in to see if I could get him, but the people here were like, 'Nah, don't jump in, because what if the current takes you, too?'"
One of the teenagers was rescued without injury by boat. Sheriff's department search teams used sonar and grappling hooks to look for the missing student. The 17-year-old boy has not been identified.
The San Jacinto River is known for deep drop-offs and treacherous currents.
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