Crime & Safety
Man, Woman Trapped In Fast-Moving Creek Friday Morning: OCFA
A man and woman were trapped in a fast-moving creek in San Juan Capistrano early Friday morning.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA — Orange County Fire Authority firefighters were hard at work early Friday morning after a man and woman were reported trapped in fast-moving water in San Juan Capistrano.
Firefighters were dispatched at 1:42 a.m. Friday to San Juan Creek in response to reports of people trapped in the water. Upon arriving, firefighters found two people clinging to trees and bushes to keep from being swept away, firefighters said.
Firefighters rescued an adult female and an adult male from the fast-moving San Juan Creek in @CityOfSJC after receiving reports at 1:42 a.m. that they were trapped in the water, holding onto trees and bushes. pic.twitter.com/UJISb42msA
— OCFA (@OCFireAuthority) February 14, 2025
Firefighters searched from the land, in boats, on bridges and from helicopters with swiftwater rescue crews pre-positioned during the rain event.
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Video showed the rescue rafts being lowered into the water and a helicopter lifting one of the people to safety.
It was unclear what the people were doing in the creek.
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