Water Rescue

A safety spokesperson stressed that this type of situation can happen to anyone, highlighting the importance of safety and education on the water.

One person is dead and eight others hospitalized following a failed human smuggling attempt in La Jolla, authorities said. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more information on how officials detained 15 people in connection to the incident.

NBC 7’s Audra Stafford is live in La Jolla where many people were pulled from the water Thursday morning near Windansea Beach during a suspect human smuggling event — something all too familiar in San Diego this month.

One person is dead after a failed human smuggling attempt resulted in several people jumping off the boat they were in and into waters off La Jolla shores Thursday morning, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Lifeguard Division.

Authorities rescued three men after they were stranded on a rock Saturday evening at Pescadero State Beach, Cal Fire officials said.

The Coast Guard search was called off Monday morning, but the cleanup of debris from that 40-foot boat was still being collected, reported NBC 7’s Allison Ash

An investigation was ongoing Monday into a suspected human smuggling operation after a 40-foot cabin cruiser capsized in rugged waters off the coast of San Diego, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, according to officials.

NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez shares updates on the investigation into the capsized boat in Point Loma. Four people died during what officials believe was a human smuggling operation, which more than two dozen others were hurt, but survived.

NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez shares the latest updates on the deadly boat crash off the coast of Point Loma that left 4 people dead Sunday. The boat is a suspect human smuggling vessel.

Witnesses describe search, rescue of vessel off Point Loma coast. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has more.

At least three people have died and more than two dozen people were rescued from the water off the coast of Point Loma Sunday after a packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf, according to authorities.

Five fishermen were rescued from a burning boat off the Cape Cod waters Friday night. The Coast Guard responded to an emergency notification from the 100-foot fishing vessel about 85 miles east of Cape Cod around 5p.m. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, rescue crews arrived on scene to find the bow and wheelhouse of the vessel engulfed in...

An incredible rescue captured on camera after Hoboken police officers saved a woman who fell into the freezing Hudson River while trying to get a picture of the Manhattan skyline. The 23-year-old woman and her brother were out Saturday afternoon near Pier 13 when she climbed over the railing to get a better vantage point for her photo. That’s when…

Firefighters rescued a total of eight people from the parking lot and several more were evacuated from two business that were surrounded by floodwaters.

Two siblings who were kayaking in Tecolote Creek during Friday afternoon’s rainstorm needed to be rescued by San Diego Fire-Rescue Department firefighters and lifeguards from the San Diego Swift Water Rescue Team. Responders arrived to the Tecolote Creek bridge near Sea World Drive and Tecolote Road in Bay Park just before 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon after it was reported...

A 71-year-old woman who was swept away for miles in a canal following a car crash in El Cajon has died.

NBC 7’s Omari Fleming recaps the intense rescue operation.

A woman who escaped her SUV after it crashed into a drainage canal in Santee was carried two miles downstream by the current before she was pulled out of the canal by rescue crews.