Swimmer suffering from hypothermia is pulled from water by lifeguards near OB Pier
The woman was wearing a wetsuit and fins and told lifeguards she had been swimming in the ocean all night, according to a lifeguard lieutenant.
San Diego lifeguards rescued a woman suffering from hypothermia who said she had been swimming all night, according to a lifeguard lieutenant.
Lifeguards were called around 5:40 a.m. Sept. 14 after someone on the Ocean Beach Pier saw the woman, who was wearing a wetsuit and fins and floating in the water, lifeguard Lt. Rick Romero told OnScene.TV. She was swimming alone.
Lifeguards got the woman into a rescue boat, where she “started to seize a little bit” and was talking incoherently, Romero said.
She told lifeguards she had been swimming in the ocean all night.
“She wasn’t struggling in the water, she was kind of floating out there,” Romero said.
“We don’t know exactly how long she was in the water. Hypothermia definitely comes into play, as well any other kind of medical issues she might have,” Romero said. “She’s very lucky. It is kind of dangerous out there at night.”
The woman was taken to a hospital. No other information was available.
