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High Surf April 21, 2019 · San Francisco Peninsula Coast, California

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 44 year old man died the afternoon of the 21st when his hang glider landed in the ocean near Devil's Slide along the San Mateo coastline. The pilot landed in the ocean and unhooked himself from the glider but could not make it to shore due to heavy surf and cliffs. He was found unconscious and not breathing and was pulled from the water. CPR was performed but the victim was not responsive and pronounced dead https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/04/21/body-recovered-from-water-off-devils-slide/.

The wider storm

A 44 year old man died the afternoon of the 21st when his hang glider landed in the ocean near Devil's Slide along the San Mateo coastline. The pilot landed in the ocean and unhooked himself from the glider but could not make it to shore due to heavy surf and cliffs. He was found unconscious and not breathing and was pulled from the water. CPR was performed but the victim was not responsive and pronounced dead.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 812917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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