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Coast Guard Rescues Boater Near Ocean Beach; 1 Missing

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) --  Crews rescued one person who fell out of an inflatable boat into  the water near San Francisco's Ocean Beach Saturday afternoon, according to a  fire spokeswoman.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter responded to the beach at about 2:30  p.m. on reports of a person in the water off the Great Highway, between  Moraga and Noriega streets.

Witnesses saw an inflatable boat carrying two people get flipped  by a wave, and the two people went missing, fire Battalion Chief Lorrie Kalos  said.

Rescuers were able to pull one person from the water at about 4  p.m.

The victim was hypothermic, and was unable to say who was in the  boat or how many people were still in the water, Kalos said.

As of 4:30 p.m., crews were still searching for one other person.

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