Tragedy by the Sea
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- ID
- 9e84e505-193d-471c-b8af-727b0b4667d8
- Trending date
- 2026-08-21
- Title
- Tragedy_by_the_Sea
- Normalized title
- Tragedy by the Sea
- Link
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_by_the_Sea
- Wikipedia
- Open article
- Extract
- <p><i><b>Tragedy by the Sea</b></i>, also known as <i><b>Cruel Waves</b></i>, is a photo showing a young couple, John and Lillian McDonald, standing together beside the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach, California, United States. The image was captured in April 1954 by <i>Los Angeles Times</i> photographer John L. Gaunt. A few minutes before the image was taken, the couple's nineteen-month-old son Michael had disappeared. The photo won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for Photography and an Associated Press Award.</p>
- Summary
- Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of couple after their toddler's disappearance at beach.
- View count
- 61187
- Rank
- 18
- Mystery rank
- 24
- Newly trending
- true
- View delta %
- 366
- Mystery
- true
- Trending reason
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- Trending reason (short)
Unclear why this article is trending.
- Trending reason source
unknown
- Search query used
- Tragedy by the Sea
- Prompt version
- v2.5
- Flag for test
- false
- Created at
- 2026-08-25T22:43:19.986066+00:00
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