Two Northern California brothers survived a wide shooting respective years agone — only to vanish and apt drown successful a boating mishap complete nan weekend.
Johnny Phommathep Jr., 17, and Jake Phommathep, 14, were crabbing pinch their dad, Johnny Sr., and 3 others connected committee a 21-foot vessel erstwhile it capsized successful Bodega Bay connected Saturday, FOX 5 reported.
The sole subsister — an 11-year-old boy — was rescued from statement connected Sunday morning. Johnny Jr.’s assemblage washed ashore respective hours later, according to nan Press Democrat.
The Coast Guard called disconnected nan hunt for nan remaining boaters connected Sunday evening, though nan Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office continues to comb nan area.
The boating mishap came astir precisely 7 years aft Johnny Jr. and Jake were injured successful a wide shooting adjacent Rancho Tehama Elementary School successful Corning, their grieving mom told FOX 5.
“They’ve been done truthful much, some of my sons Johnny and Jake. Already 1 tragedy. They made that one, conscionable to travel retired here,” Tiffany Phommathep lamented.
She utilized her assemblage to shield Johnny Jr. erstwhile nan gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, drove up to their driver’s broadside model and opened fire successful November 2017, nan Press Democrat reported.
Tiffany was changeable respective times successful nan torso and nan backmost of her shoulder, while Johnny Jr. was changeable doubly successful nan calf and Jake was struck successful nan foot.
A younger brother, who was conscionable 2 astatine nan time, was trim by solid arsenic nan car pinch riddled pinch bullets.
Neal – who yet died by termination – yet killed 5 group and wounded 18 successful nan multi-day weapon rampage.
“I consciousness really bad. It shouldn’t be. It’s not really they should end,” Tiffany said of her young sons and their father, who was an Iraq warfare seasoned and unpaid firefighter.
Johnny Sr., 41, took his sons retired connected nan vessel to people nan first time of recreational crab sportfishing season.
The 3 near from nan Westside Marina astir 3 p.m.
They were joined by a cousin, Prasong, his 11-year-old boy Juladi and an unnamed antheral friend, according to FOX 5.
The group’s blue-and-white vessel was reported missing astir 10 p.m., 2 hours aft it grounded to return to nan marina arsenic planned.
Juladi survived nan capsizing by holding onto a cooler that Prasong and Johnny Sr. gave him, Tiffany told FOX 5.
He yet made it to statement and walked up to Highway 1, wherever he was spotted by a motorist connected Sunday morning, nan Press Democrat said.
Johnny Phommathep Sr. was a dada of six and was nan sole supplier for his family.
As of Thursday afternoon, a GoFundMe for nan family had raised complete $31,000 of its $100,000 goal.
The family’s cousin, Prasong, was a dada of 3 who loved to fish, according to an online tribute.
A fundraiser for his family had raised complete $12,500 of its $25,000 extremity connected Thursday.