2 rescued from waters near San Francisco piers
Two people were rescued from the San Francisco Bay on Saturday night after falling from two different Embarcadero piers.
SAN FRANCISCO - Two people were rescued from the San Francisco Bay on Saturday night after falling from two different Embarcadero piers.
The San Francisco Fire Department told KTVU that rescuers were sent about 5:25 p.m. to Pier 43 on reports of a person in the water.
The San Francisco Police Department said units at the scene "observed an unresponsive subject in the water" near Jefferson Street and the Embarcadero.
A woman was pulled from the waters and was treated at the scene before she was taken to a hospital with what were described as life-threatening injuries, the SFFD and SFPD said.
At the same time as the Pier 39 rescue, the SFFD also received reports of another person in the water at Pier 3 near the Embarcadero and Washington Street, about a mile away from the scene of the first rescue.
Another adult was pulled from the waters near Pier 3 and was being treated at the scene.
Authorities are investigating how both people fell off of the piers.
The Source: San Francisco Fire Department
Note: A previous version of this article said the first rescue occurred at Pier 39. The article has since been revised to include updated information from the San Francisco Fire Department and San Francisco Police Department.