Media outlets report that a father and son from Texas drowned in the Gulf of Mexico while on vacation.KRIS reported that Richard Allen Mireles Jr., aged 47, and Nicholas Austin Mireles, 19, died while visiting Port Aransas.Port Aransas Police Chief Scott Burroughs reported that his son was struggling in the water just before noon Wednesday. He then jumped into the sea to rescue him, according to the Port Aransas South Journal.The newspaper reported that a rescue team was needed to save the father and that the son had gone missing.KRIS reported that the father died in a hospital.The U.S. Coast Guard, local agencies and the U.S. Coast Guard searched for the boy but were unable to find him.According to the Corpus Christi Caller Times, the body of the son was discovered on the beach at 2:50 a.m. on Friday.According to the newspaper, the father and son were on vacation in San Antonio.Port Aransas, a city of approximately 4,100 people, is located on a barrier island off the Gulf of Mexico.Officials report that a teacher died after being swept away by the water while hiking in Texas mountains.Sheriff of Texas says that a Texas boy drowned while visiting his family in Ohio on his 3rd Birthday. Tragic
