Two California brothers died in a tragic boating accident just seven years after they narrowly survived a mass shooting.

Johnny Phommathep II, 17, his younger brother Jake, 14, and their father Johnny, 41, of Tehama County, are among the six victims of the deadly crash in the coastal town of Bodega Bay on Friday. from last week.

The tragedy comes almost exactly seven years after the brothers and their mother, Tiffany Phommathep, survived gunshot wounds during a mass shooting in Northern California.

“It’s really hard because my two sons, Johnny Jr. and Jake, survived the shooting in Rancho Tehama,” Tiffany said. Los Angeles Times. ‘We survived that and for them to come to an end like this…’

Johnny Phommathep II, 17, his younger brother Jake, 14, and their father Johnny, 41, of California, died in a tragic boating accident in the coastal town of Bodega Bay last weekend.

The tragedy comes almost exactly seven years after Johnny Jr. and his younger brother Jake narrowly survived the Rancho Tehama shooting that left five dead and 14 injured.

Johnny, who is an avid fisherman, along with his two children, were crabbing on a 21-foot white Bayliner boat with three of his loved ones last Saturday when the boat began to navigate rough waters. KTVU reported.

But Tiffany began to worry when she hadn’t heard from anyone in her family by evening.

The crew was reported missing around 10:20 p.m. that same day after they failed to return to shore in Sonoma County, north of San Francisco. USA today reported.

“The boat started taking on water so quickly that they didn’t even have time to radio for emergency services,” Tiffany told the LA Times.

“They didn’t do anything other than make sure everyone had a life jacket, and everyone had a life jacket.”

The youngest aboard the ship, 11-year-old Juladi, a family relative, is the only one confirmed alive after he was able to drift toward shore with the help of his life jacket and a floating cooler, LA Times . reported.

Juladi said the group was together in the water for a short time before separating.

Johnny, who is an avid fisherman, along with his two sons, were crabbing on a 21-foot white Bayliner boat with three of his loved ones last Saturday when the boat began to drift into the rough waters and capsized.

The body of 17-year-old Johnny Jr. washed up on shore the next morning, but the others have not yet been recovered and are presumed lost at sea.

He reached the safety of the coast hours later in complete darkness and waited until dawn to find a nearby road and alert for help.

The body of 17-year-old Johnny Jr. washed up on shore the next morning, but the others have not yet been recovered and are presumed lost at sea.

“The odds aren’t likely… but I’d like to hold out hope that maybe they’ve washed ashore somewhere,” Tiffany said.

The ship has not been located either, but remains of it were found near the coast.

Tiffany identified the two other adults missing on board as Prasong Khammoungkhoune, 45, her husband’s cousin and the boat’s owner, and Matthew Ong, 42, an old friend.

Although the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said they planned to continue the search every day, they said the effort is now considered a recovery operation to bring the bodies of the missing boaters home, KTVU reported.

The boy’s mother, Tiffany Phommathep, told the LA Times: “It’s really difficult because my two sons, Johnny Jr. and Jake, survived the shooting in Rancho Tehama. We survived that and for them to come to an end like that… ‘

Before the group left that fateful morning, the National Weather Service issued a small craft warning that the weekend could bring hazardous conditions for small boats in Bodega Bay.

But the US Coast Guard suspended the search for the four remaining boaters after 57 hours of searching, USA Today reported.

“Our hope is always that it is a search to bring someone home and not a recovery, but the ocean is in the 50s… the waves are very big… and the winds have been very strong,” said the Deputy Rob Dillon. a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told the LA Times.

“Unfortunately, the likelihood of anyone surviving that kind of inclement weather for days is slim.”

Over the past six weekends, Tiffany’s husband and their children had taken multiple fishing trips in Bodega Bay or Monterey Bay and were considered experienced boaters who had been in worse conditions before, KTVU reported.

But before the group left that fateful morning, the National Weather Service issued a small craft warning that the weekend could bring dangerous conditions for small boats.

“There has to be something wrong with the boat,” Tiffany told the LA Times, noting that they weren’t that far from shore.

Although Dillon noted that the exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined, officials believe the harsh conditions greatly influenced the outcome.

The body of 17-year-old Johnny Jr. washed up on shore the next morning and the youngest aboard the ship, 11-year-old Juladi, a family relative, is the only one confirmed alive.

Although the U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for the four remaining boaters after 57 hours of searching, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said they planned to continue the search every day.

Dillon said there were waves of eight to 10 feet and wind gusts of more than 15 mph were recorded.

“This produces ocean conditions that are quite rough and difficult to navigate,” he added.

Tiffany has been staying in the Bodega Bay area in hopes that maybe her family will show up.

But even though the community was there to support her during her stay (providing meals and hotel compensation), the mother cannot understand her family’s misfortune.

In 2017, Johnny Jr., who was 10 at the time, and Jake, who was 6, were in their mother’s car heading to Rancho Tehama Reserve School when gunshots came through the window, the LA Times reported.

Their neighbor, Kevin Janson Neal, went on a bloody rampage in their rural community, which is about an hour south of Redding, killing five people and wounding 14 others before taking his own life.

Niko, Tiffany’s then 2-year-old son, was injured by flying glass shards, USA Today reported.

The boy’s mother, Tiffany, was shot five times while trying to protect her children from the gunman in 2017 after bullets went through the window while she was taking them to school.

He was also shot five times while trying to protect his children from the gunman.

Her husband, who is a U.S. Air Force veteran, told Record Searchlight in 2017 that his wife was temporarily unconscious before she was able to contain the wound and walk away, and eventually called a sheriff’s deputy to ask for help. help, USA Today reported.

Tiffany told KTVU that her strength during this time comes from her husband, who she described as an incredible husband.

“He makes sure his children have everything they need to be successful in life,” she told the LA Times. ‘He is a great cook. “We are going to miss the food he prepares.”

His teenage son, Johnny Jr., was to be honored Friday at his senior night football game and had plans to attend college to become a pharmacist.

“He was a good kid,” he told the LA Times. ‘He was a very helpful boy. He helped out a lot at home, as did JJ.’

The ship Phommathep was the first of two ships to capsize in Bodega Bay within 48 hours, causing one of the two men on board to die shortly after their rescue.

TO GoFundMe The page was created to support Tiffany during the unimaginable loss of her family.

‘I feel very bad. “It shouldn’t be like this,” he told KTVU. “This isn’t how it should end.”