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Person pulled from San Francisco Bay pronounced dead after rescue, officials say

A person who was in the San Francisco Bay for an unknown reason was pronounced dead after being rescued near a ferry building, fire department officials said.
A person who was in the San Francisco Bay for an unknown reason was pronounced dead after being rescued near a ferry building, fire department officials said.

Officials pulled a body from the San Francisco Bay during a water rescue, the fire department said.

The San Francisco Fire Department said it launched a bay rescue Tuesday, Nov. 30, after receiving reports of a person in the water near a ferry building.

People were asked to avoid the area as police and officials from the U.S. Coast Guard helped the unidentified person.

After pulling the person from the water, paramedics pronounced them dead, the fire department said.

“We are saddened to announce that this is a fatal incident,” fire officials said on Twitter. “It is unknown how or why the victim was in the water.”

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This story was originally published November 30, 2021 at 10:21 AM with the headline "Person pulled from San Francisco Bay pronounced dead after rescue, officials say."

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Maddie Capron
Idaho Statesman
Maddie Capron is a McClatchy Real-Time News Reporter focused on the outdoors and wildlife in the western U.S. She graduated from Ohio University and previously worked at CNN, the Idaho Statesman and Ohio Center for Investigative Journalism.
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