Coast Guard ends search along Muir Beach for missing San Francisco fisherman

Wednesday, February 9, 2022
MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- The search for a fisherman swept into the ocean at Muir Beach in Marin County Monday has turned into a recovery operation.

Jose Padilla's fiance shared pictures of him with us.
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She says he moved to San Francisco from Honduras when he was 15-years old and was studying Biotechnology at City College of San Francisco..

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Wednesday, Feb. 9 would be his 29th birthday.

He was with two other men fishing on the rocks on Monday, when a wave knocked them into the water.
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The two men were rescued. One of them was his cousin.



The Coast Guard was out searching for Padilla Tuesday morning, but called it off.



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