Man swept into ocean off Ore. coast

Man swept into ocean off Ore. coast

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By Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says a a 25-year-old Portland man who took a nap and was trapped by the rising tide is missing in the ocean south of Cannon Beach.

Sokhak Peng disappeared about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, and the Coast Guard searched for him for more than three hours.

Petty Officer Victoria Caloca says that Peng and his companion, Deanna Feey, took a day trip to Arch Cape, hiked to the rocks at low tide and took a nap.

By the time they awoke, the tide had moved in, and their path to the mainland was submerged.

A resident along the coast called authorities. A Coast Guard helicopter responded and lifted Feey from the rocks.

Caloca says Feey told her rescuers that Peng struggled against the current before disappearing.

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