--- description: Rescuers ended the search for 43-year-old Benito Flores early Monday title: Wave Sweeps California Man Into Sea During Baptism image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Accident](/tag/accident/) ## Accident Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rescuers End Search for Man Swept Into Sea During Baptism by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2014 1:06 AM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 1, 2014 1:06 AM CUT California rescuers [stopped](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/search-ends-man-swept-off-california-23127039 "undefined") searching Monday for a man who was swept off to sea during a weekend baptism. Benito Flores was helping his cousin perform a baptism Sunday when he was dragged into the Pacific Ocean, the _Associated Press_ reports. Two others were reportedly pulled into the ocean by strong waves, but they managed to return to shore. A local fire captain said Monday it’s unlikely the 43-year-old Flores could have survived longer than 30 minutes in the cold water. The U.S. Coast Guard does not plan to resume the search. \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/search-ends-man-swept-off-california-23127039 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/44615/man-sea-baptism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/44615/man-sea-baptism/"},"headline":"Rescuers End Search for Man Swept Into Sea During Baptism","datePublished":"2014-04-01T01:06:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:03:47.053Z","description":"Rescuers ended the search for 43-year-old Benito Flores early Monday","url":"https://time.com/44615/man-sea-baptism/","keywords":["Accident","California"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/accident/","name":"Accident"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/44615/man-sea-baptism/","name":"Rescuers End Search for Man Swept Into Sea During Baptism"}}]}] ```