Crime & Safety
Coast Guard Rescues Laguna Beach Swimmer One Mile Offshore
Laguna Beach lifeguards, firefighters, and police searched for a woman who reported missing from Main Beach.
LAGUNA BEACH, CA — On Saturday, a woman who was swimming off Main Beach in Laguna had not returned from the ocean, prompting a multi-agency rescue.
Saturday evening, concerned citizens reported that a bag of belongings was left behind by a 36-year-old woman who had gone swimming in the open ocean. She had not returned as of 10:50 p.m., according to Marine Safety officers.
"Authorities searched for over an hour but were unable to locate her," Laguna Beach Lifeguard Marine Safety Officer Kai Bond told the Orange County Register.
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Lifeguards, police, firefighters all searched the area, and ultimately the coast guard helicopter located the woman off Shaws Covenear Laguna Beach.
"She was conscious and breathing," Bond reported. "She was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition."
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