A dog who became trapped under a pier near McCovey Cove while chasing a bird was saved by the San Francisco Fire Department on Sunday afternoon.
The department’s land and marine rescue teams responded to 911 calls around 2:30 p.m. that Kobe, a German shorthaired pointer, had fallen off a pier and became increasingly exhausted while trying to swim back.
A video posted on X shows a swimmer in a rescue boat luring Kobe to open water using voice commands, then securing a buoy around his body and bringing him back to the boat…