The body of a 7-year-old Canadian girl was recovered from the ocean Sunday, two days after her father drowned while trying to rescue her as she was swept away by a massive wave at a Big Sur beach, authorities said.

The girl was struck and swept from the shoreline by a 15- to 20-foot wave on Friday, Nov. 14, while visiting Garrapata State Beach with her family, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.

The girl's father, identified as 39-year-old Yuji Hu of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, "entered the water in an effort to save (his daughter)," the agency said in a written statement . But he, too, was overcome by the water.

"As Hu reached for his daughter, both were pulled farther into the ocean," the statement said. "The child’s mother attempted to assist but was also swept into th

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