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Lake Piru, CA - Divers from the Ventura County Sheriff's Department were in route to Lake Piru to search for a missing adult.

The 39-year-old Yingerman Naftoli (Anatoly) Smolyansky from Los Angeles, came for a summer outing to Lake Piru in Ventura County, while on the boat with his 3 children, he jumped over to save one of his children that fell overboard into the water, the child he saved and got back into the boat but he couldn't make it back in the boat and was never seen again, he is now listed as missing and the children, ages 9, 7 and 5, are not harmed.

LA County Fire Department have mobilized their search and rescue team and the search is continuing at this hour.

LA Hatzolah and numerous volunteers from the Los Angeles Kehilla including a large contingent from Bais Medresh Sharei Torah have responded to the area and are assisting with the search.

The search is concentrated on the north end of the lake, in an area known as "the narrows."

Authorities say that the man's wife told rangers at the lake that her husband and child had failed to return from a boating trip on the lake. The child was eventually located.

U/D:

The search operation which includes a helicopter and Jet Skis along with several swimmers and divers, shifted to recovery mode.

U/D: 02:14

The Lake Piru Command Center has just approved the search by volunteers, LA Hatzolah is asking as many people as can come, to help out at the scene.

U/D: 07:56pm

Search is still going on with about 80 volunteers on the scene and more on the way.

U/D: 08/27/08 2:00pm

The search is still going on with tremendous outpouring of help from the immediate community, and from people from all over the entire globe.

LA Hatzolah is on the ground and in the water with about 30 members searching for the R' Naftula, also are they in the air aboard 3 helicopters to keep up the search from above.

Volunteers are very helpful, and who ever could come to the scene to help out is very much appreciated.

And last but not least it is unbelievable the tremendous effort the local emergency response teams are putting into this search and with organizing all the volunteers who are there to help.

Please bring the following

Hiking shoes.

Binoculars.

Hat (sun is strong).

Flashlight with batteries.

If u can join with others who are going instead of taking your own car , please do so.

Please be mispallel for Naftoli ben Anna.

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