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U.S. man missing in Jaco, search ongoing

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Ibrahim Sam Karadsheh, who goes by "Sam," has been missing since Tuesday afternoon.

Ibrahim Sam Karadsheh, who goes by “Sam,” has been missing since Tuesday afternoon.

UPDATE: Friday, May 15th, 2015 – Authorities have confirmed the discovery at sea of the lifeless body of Ibrahim Sam Karadsheh, 33.

May 13th, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) A 33-year-old U.S. man from Palmdale, California disappeared Tuesday afternoon after succumbing to a powerful undercurrent at Jaco Beach in front of the Hotel Cocal and Casino, where the man was staying.

 

According to a statement provided to Inside Costa Rica on behalf of the man’s family, Ibrahim Sam Karadsheh, who had arrived in Costa Rica on Sunday for vacation, went to the beach at approximately 12:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon along with two male cousins who were also on vacation.

 

The three men “struggled with an undercurrent in the water,” according to the family, and while two of the men were able to escape the water to safety, lifeguards were unable to locate Karadsheh.

 

A search party was quickly organized, including hotel staff, lifeguards, the Costa Rican Coast Guard, the Red Cross, local police and Karadsheh’s cousins, but have so far been unable to locate Karadsheh.

 

A hotel representative told Inside Costa Rica Wednesday afternoon that the Coast Guard is continuing to “search for the man’s body,” but that efforts were being hampered by rough seas and large waves hammering Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.

 

Karadsheh’s family, who continues to hold out hope that he will be found alive, describe him as a “quiet, fun loving fitness fanatic, a proud American who loves the outdoors and his disabled mom, who he moved back in with to take care of.”

 

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  • duke ster

    What a shame. He shouldn’t have been in the water there anyway.If more people realized that all the sewage from San Jose and all towns west of Jaco empty their sewage into the rivers which flow directly into the pacific in Jaco, there wouldn’t be anyone in the water at all. The 1st bridge as you come into town crosses over the river of sewage emptying into the ocean. Google “sewage flowing into Jaco” or something similar and see what you discover.

    • Nancy Haddad Shihadeh

      Hi,this article is about my cousin. You seem to be resourceful in the area. We are trying to arrange a search party. Seems as though not enough is being done. Do you have any ideas? At this point we are reaching out to the local churches by email and phone. So far no luck by phone.

      • duke ster

        I feel so bad for you dear, unfortunately there are many people who drown in the pacific ocean of Costa Rica since there are vicious rip currents and no lifeguards.There is really nothing anyone can do at this point, they probably searched as best as they could, there isn’t a highly organized Coast Guard like there is in USA. This is a 3rd world country and visitors don’t realize the dangers of visiting Costa Rica. It is actually a very dangerous place on several different fronts. Don’t come here unless you are heavily insured and have a policy that is FOR SURE accepted in Costa Rica by Hospital CIMA and Hospital Clinica Biblica.Proably Blue Cross+Blue Shield or something major and a flight policy to jet you back to USA in case of severe injury . I could tell you stories that would haunt you, from Kidneys being stolen to worse.If you feel you need some closure you could hire a boat and do your own search. That in itself could be dangerous and you would need to wear life vests. Hiring a Gringo Capitan is highly recommended. Maybe doing your own search will be healing for you. God Bless.

        • Claus

          “Hiring a Gringo Capitan is highly recommended.”………Racist.!!!

          • duke ster

            Thank you, I take your comment as a compliment. I sure as heck wouldn’t feel safe with you,Santa Claus or your Tico taxi driver drunken buddies driving me on a boat…We have all seen their taxi driving and seen them in their highly mortgaged SUV’s blasting their horns at the least imagined provocation and passing like the idiots they are–on BLIND CURVES- or stopping dead in the middle of a lane …at NIGHT on a mountain road where any driver coming from behind could not see us until at the last second-and who hasn’t seen an idiot Tico on a motorcycle with his helmet pulled up so he could talk on his cell phone–at NIGHT and on a motorcycle with absolutely NO LIGHTS at all! on these no street light roads with the pot holes so deep a Volkswagen could fall in and still be unseen—No Thanks!!!! Racist? , Well a learned racisssm, learned 1st hand–YES, YES I am!!!! Where can I buy a badge for my biker jacket or better yet, a bumper sticker proudly displaying my racist bent–wait, a bumper sticker like that probably would be sold out by the Ticos buying them in bulk so they could display them to their Nica hating friends.

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