swept out to sea
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Marine Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) has officially called off their search for a man, a US National, who was swept out to sea at Leala Sliding Rock in Taputimu after a team of certified divers who searched the area for over 72 hours were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — What was supposed to be a fun and exciting weekend outing turned into tragedy when two young men went missing in the waters of Utumea.
The social media pages for the two missing boys — Alex Peric and Anthony Leota — have been flooded with comments and well wishes from...

![A view of Sliding Rock in Leala, Taputimu where Marine Patrol Division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) search for Aunu’u Chen, who was swept out to sea on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, 2020. [photo by AF] A view of Sliding Rock with a police car in the foreground](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/taputimu_coastline_0150.jpg?itok=UXeBP5Z4)
![Family and friends of two young men missing at sea in American Samoa. [Photo: Monica Miller] Family and friends of two young men missing at sea in American Samoa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_missing_3.jpg?itok=eH8vdIqG)