A man is wheeled to an ambulance after being pulled out of the surf at San Francisco Ocean Beach, September 24, 2014. (CBS)
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — At least two men were hospitalized in critical condition after being rescued by firefighters at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach Wednesday afternoon.
Fire crews responded to a report of a rescue at Ocean Beach, opposite the Beach Chalet where John F. Kennedy Drive intersects with the Great Highway, around 3:45 p.m., Fire Battalion Chief Cherish Murdock told KCBS.
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“We were searching for the person in the water. Eventually, we got him out.”
