A young California firefighter drowned in the Pacific Ocean this week – just four years after his firefighter dad died suddenly on the job.
Oakland firefighter Caeden Laffan, 25, died around 2 a.m. Thursday off the north side of the Pacific Pier south of La Jolla, San Diego Fire Chief Colin Stowell told KTVU .
The San Diego Police Department was called to the scene around 1:56 a.m., and the San Diego Lifeguards and US Coast Guard started searching the area a short time later.
Laffan’s body was recovered around 4:15 a.m., KUSI reported .
Laffan – who was in San Diego for the California Summer Firefighter Games – was swimming with a friend at the time of his death, the outlet said.
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He had been on the shore with friends and family member before he waded into chest to waist deep water, took a few strokes, and vanished.
There may have been alcohol involved, officials added.