‘Sneaker wave’ sucks California fisherman out to sea

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 suddenly surged ashore, knocking him to the ground and into the ocean, leaving him incapacitated…

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