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Bend surfer’s family recalls harrowing day at beach

PORTLAND — Chelsea Ortega had to make a decision.

The 16-year-old’s choices: Stay with her brother, Cole, in what could be the final moments of his life, or race to the campground to tell her parents he had been hurt while surfing.

Running toward the crowd on the beach....

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