Rio Vista Fire Department ‘Boat 55’ responds to a report of three 3 adults and 1 child in the water near the Three Mile Slough Bridge in the Sacramento Delta. Rio Vista Fire Department Three men are missing and presumed dead after trying to rescue an 8-year-old boy in the Sacramento Delta Sunday afternoon, according to multiple media reports. The men were part of a group fishing near the Three Mile Slough Bridge near Rio Vista on the afternoon of July 3. When the men saw a boy struggling in the water, five of them jumped in to attempt a rescue. After only two made it back to shore, the Rio Vista Fire Department responded to “a report of three adults and a child in the water near the Three Mile Slough Bridge.” The child was successfully rescued but the three men remain missing. The RVFD updated its report saying the incident was “moved to recovery.” Three men are believed to have drowned after rescuing an 8-year-old boy from the Sacramento Delta. https://t.co/CWUilLBpWG — KTVU (@KTVU) July 4, 2022 One of the men who returned to shore Juan Cabrera told KCRA3 he helped pull the child safely to shore. “This happened so fast, three people, my friends … and we were coming here all the time,” Cabrera said. Family members identified the three still missing as Edwin Rivas, Edwin Perez and Danilo Solorzano. As vacationers flock to Northern California recreation areas, several drownings have been reported in recent weeks. On Sunday, a San Pablo man died trying to save his son at Lake Berryessa, the second drowning in a week at the popular Napa County spot. On June 11, a Bay Area man drowned while tubing in Lake Tahoe. David Curran is a homepage editor at SFGate.com.
