An Oakland firefighter and paramedic was reported missing by his family early Thursday morning after he went for a swim. His body washed ashore two hours later.
The Oakland Fire Department is mourning the death of one of its firefighter paramedics, who reportedly drowned Thursday morning at Pacific Beach in San Diego. Just before 2 a.m. Thursday, the San Diego Police Department responded to a call from the mother of a missing swimmer at Pacific Beach near Crystal Pier, city spokesman José Ysea told The Times. Lifeguards and law enforcement searched the area for two hours for the missing man, Caeden Laffan, 25. Shortly before 5 .m.
Ysea said Laffan's body was taken to the lifeguard tower and later to the medical examiner's office. Oakland Fire Chief Damon Covington was notified of Laffan's death by the chief of the San Diego Fire Department. Details of what led to Laffan's death are 'still being pieced together,' according to a news release by the Oakland Fire Department.
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