Fisherman feels “something” bump against his leg – discovers tragic fate of missing 10-year-old boy

The final day of Joshua Lahai’s young life began exactly like any child’s vivid dream of summer vacation: surrounded by his youth football teammates, playing on a sun-drenched Texas beach, and enjoying the vibrant excitement of the holiday weekend. But in a matter of mere seconds, that pure holiday joy was completely shattered when a powerful Gulf wave lifted 11-year-old Joshua and a friend off a distant sandbar, suddenly dropping them into a deeper drop-off where their feet could no longer touch the safety of the ocean floor. Sudden panic instantly collided with the rough, unforgiving surf, and within moments, Joshua disappeared beneath the crashing waves. Horrified relatives and onlookers were forced to watch entirely helpless from the shoreline as the water swallowed him up.