(KTLA) – A fisherman was pulled from the ocean and rushed to a hospital in critical condition after a powerful “sneaker wave” swept him off the shoreline at Baker Beach in San Francisco.
The dramatic May 29 rescue unfolded around 1 p.m. in the Presidio, where emergency crews responded to reports of a person sucked out to sea.
According to the San Francisco Fire Department, witnesses said the fisherman was standing along the shoreline when a sneaker wave surged ashore, knocking him to the ground and into the ocean.
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Bystanders quickly called 911, and a large-scale rescue effort was launched with help from San Francisco firefighters, a San Francisco Police Department boat, drone units and a helicopter…