Mission Beach: San Diego and Executive Director

mission beach: Mohammed couldn't swim, according to Attardo, who believes the boy may have been knocked down Sunday in knee-deep ocean water, according to CTV. There were strong rip currents at San Diego's popular Mission Beach. Mohammed al-Mustafa pleaded for permission to join friends on the beach, promising his mother he wouldn't go in the water, family friend Lisa Attardo said Wednesday. Rescue workers, with help from helicopters, searched for the boy over three days. The family arrived in San Diego in January, having fled the town of Aleppo in 2014 for Turkey, where they sought to become refugees in the United States, said Robert Moser, executive director of Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego, which helped the family resettle. The San Diego Union-Tribune reported there were no efforts planned Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.