Crime & Safety
22-Year-Old College Senior Missing After "Polar Plunge" In California
The other two swimmers were able to make it back to the shore and called 911 for help, police said.
January 22, 2023
Hamzah Alsaudi, a San Francisco State student, disappeared Thursday during a "polar plunge" at Esplanade Beach in Pacifica, California, police said in a news release.
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At around 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 19, police were called to the beach for a swimmer in distress. Officials said that Alsaudi and two others went into the ocean, but while in the water Alsaudi, 22, was hit with a large wave that pulled him further from shore.
The other two swimmers were able to make it back to the shore and called 911 for help, police said.
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