Hamzah Alsaudi, a San Francisco State scholar, disappeared Thursday throughout a “polar plunge” at Esplanade Seashore in Pacifica, California, police stated in a information launch.
At round 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, police have been referred to as to the seaside for a swimmer in misery. Officers stated that Alsaudi and two others went into the ocean, however whereas within the water Alsaudi, 22, was hit with a big wave that pulled him farther from shore.
The opposite two swimmers have been capable of make it again to the shore and referred to as 911 for assist, police stated.
Pacifica Police Division
The U.S. Coast Guard despatched plane and a floor vessel to help within the seek for Alsaudi, police stated. CBS Bay Space reported that a number of different businesses, together with a California Freeway Patrol air unit and a drone from the San Bruno Police Division, have been requested to assist within the search.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Alsaudi was a senior at San Francisco State majoring in political science with a minor in Arab research, the school stated. He was additionally a beloved member of the establishment’s wrestling workforce, stated his faculty in a letter to the neighborhood shared on Friday afternoon and was a four-year letter winner in highschool.
“Our ideas and prayers are with the complete Gator neighborhood proper now as we course of this information,” the letter stated. “We stay deeply grateful to the Coast Guard, Police Division, and others for all they’ve finished to assist with the search.”
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