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The physique of a 25-year-old California firefighter was recovered off a San Diego pier early Thursday morning after a seaside journey with household and mates, police stated.
The Oakland Fireplace Division confirmed by way of Fb that Caedan Laffan died unexpectedly Thursday morning, and that “drowning seems to be the reason for demise.”
Lt. Rick Romero with the San Diego Fireplace-Rescue stated it was “potential” alcohol was concerned, KUSI reported. His precise reason behind demise is undetermined pending an post-mortem.
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Caedan Laffan, 25, graduated from the Oakland Fireplace Academy in 2019 and joined his father on the Oakland Fireplace Division. His physique was recovered off a San Diego pier on Thursday. (Oakland Fireplace Division/Fb)
Laffan’s family and friends alerted lifeguards after the 25-year-old walked into the ocean about chest to waist deep close to Crystal Pier in Pacific Seaside, took a few strokes within the water, then disappeared from view.
The San Diego Police Division responded to the scene at 1:56 a.m., and a search started within the coastal space close to Grand Avenue.
“We looked for a few hours with a rescue boat, land items, and a Coast Guard helicopter,” Romero instructed KTVU. “We weren’t capable of find him.”
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Laffan was reportedly in San Diego for the California Firefighter Summer season Video games. (Oakland Fireplace Division/Fb)
Laffan’s physique was recovered north of the pier round 4:15 a.m.
“Our lifeguard sergeant noticed him,” Romero stated. “He had washed onto the seaside on the north facet of the pier. Sadly, incidents occur. And it is only a unhappy story.”
The Oakland firefighter was on the town to compete within the California Firefighter Summer season Video games, his division stated.
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Laffan’s physique was recovered simply north of Pacific Seaside’s Crystal Pier, pictured. (Photograph by Kevin Carter/Getty Photographs)
Laffan’s physique could possibly be seen draped in a U.S. flag as police, hearth personnel, family and friends carried him to the San Diego Medical Examiner’s van, in keeping with KUSI.
“Caeden Laffan was a younger enthusiastic member of the Oakland Fireplace Division, with a vivid future forward of him, and we’re all heartbroken at this time after studying of this tragic occasion,” Oakland Fireplace Chief Damon Covington wrote within the division’s Fb publish. “Our hearts exit to your complete Laffan household, and all who know him, labored with him, and liked him.”
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Firefighting was a legacy in Laffan’s household, in keeping with KTVU. Laffan’s father was the Oakland Fireplace Division’s assistant hearth chief earlier than dying of a coronary heart assault within the line of obligation in 2020, his grandfather labored as a firefighter, his mom runs a enterprise that gives psychological well being providers to fireside crews, and his youthful brother Cooper is at the moment coaching within the hearth academy.
