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Couple Swept Out to Sea Taking a Photo on Oregon Coast
A tragic story being reported from the Depot Bay area of the Oregon Coast. a couple who were sight seeing along the coast were swept out to sea while trying to get a photo on a rocky cliff and died...
The couple has been identified as Miaochan Chen, 49, and Wenjun Zhu, 41, from Lake Oswego, Oregon had recently immigrated to Oregon from China were just out having a picnic near the Depot Bay area when they decided to climb onto a rock to snap a photo when a large wave crashed on the rocks and swept the couple out to sea.
The coast guard later recovered the unlucky couple and found them diseased.
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