Two surfers who were being swept out to sea past the Mile Rocks Lighthouse about a mile offshore southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge were safely rescued Saturday morning, a San Francisco Fire Department spokesman said.
"The call came in about 9:27 a.m.," said San Francisco Fire Department Capt. Jonathan Baxter."The park service deployed a rescue swimmer at 9:31 a.m. to rescue these two surfers being swept out to sea. The fire department deployed three additional rescue swimmers to assist."
San Francisco Fire Department Coastal Rescue Unit 34 responds to a call to rescue two surfers being swept out to sea on May 6, 2023.By"park service," Baxter was referring to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The surfers were near Mile Rocks Lighthouse, which is located on a rock about a mile offshore southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge, off Lands End in San Francisco, according to Baxter.
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