A woman was rescued, and a man remains missing after a late-night incident near San Francisco's Pier 32. The emergency units were alerted about two individuals who had fallen into the bay waters around 10 p.m. yesterday, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
BAY RESCUE - 02/15/2025 at 2220 hours, Pier 32.
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) February 16, 2025
SFFD and SFPD units responded out to Pier 32 for reports of 2 persons that fell into the water. @SFPD and #yoursffd were able to locate and rescue 1 person from the water. That person was transported by ambulance to the… pic.twitter.com/iM8wvPluid
The fire department, alongside the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), launched a rescue operation. They quickly retrieved one person from the water, who was then rushed to the hospital for treatment. The search for the second individual extended late into the night, as teams utilized a range of high-tech equipment, including boats, thermal imaging cameras, drones, and floodlights, to scan the area exhaustively for the missing person. By 11:20 p.m., the San Francisco Fire Department had turned over the search operation to the SFPD, which continued to deploy drone technology in the ongoing search effort.
The second day's search saw collaboration between the police, fire department, California Highway Patrol, and the U.S. Coast Guard, demonstrating a multi-agency approach to handling the critical situation, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Efforts to locate him were still going strong today, with the fire department's and other authorities' added support.
