Flowers are rest on a large drift log yards from the breaking surf of the Big Lagoon beach near Trinidad, Calif. on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. A family that tried to rescue their dog from powerful surf at the beach in Northern California were swept out to sea, leaving the parents dead and their 16-year-old son missing, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Times-Standard, Jose Quezada)
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