Body recovered in water off Pacific Beach identified as Oakland firefighter

SAN DIEGO – The body of a man who was reported missing in the water off Pacific Beach early Thursday morning was recovered by emergency crews about two hours later and identified by San Diego authorities as an Oakland Fire Department firefighter.

San Diego Fire-Rescue Department Lifeguard Lt. Rick Romero said, “We did a search on the beach, water, rescue boat, had a Coast Guard helicopter on scene. We searched a little over two hours and then the body washed into the north side of the pier.”Authorities later confirmed that the deceased man was Oakland Fire Department firefighter Caeden Laffen.

It was an honorable send-off that SDFD Chief Colin Stowell said he made to the City of Oakland’s fire chief. Stowell also said of his counterpart in Oakland, “He's having a rough time, he's very distraught. They also had a four-alarm fire in Oakland; the word was getting around to the scene at that time.”

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