By Bay City News Service:
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office has identified a fisherman who drowned on Sunday afternoon when he was swept by waves into the ocean at the Marin Headlands as 61-year-old Jimmy Shing Chiu of San Francisco.
The U.S. Coast Guard and National Park Service said an onlooker called 911 around 12:25 p.m. Sunday to report two fishermen were swept from some rocks into the water.
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One of the fishermen was able to climb on some rocks far from shore where he was rescued by a Coast Guard boat.
A Coast Guard helicopter located Chiu, who was unresponsive but had a pulse. Despite receiving CPR from emergency responders, Chiu died after he was taken to shore, Coast Guard Command Duty Officer Joe Ford said.
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A Mandarin interpreter was called to the scene to communicate with the other fisherman.
Ford said sneaker waves were catching people off-guard. A high surf advisory was in effect at beaches between Monterey Bay and the North Bay over the weekend.
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