Fisherman's Body Found Near Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Family members of two San Francisco fishermen who went missing in the waters off of the San Mateo County coast discovered the body of one of the fishermen just north of Pigeon Point Lighthouse late Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Family members of the missing persons were walking the remote shoreline searching for their loved ones when they came across the body, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The U.S. Coast Guard was notified of the found body at 6:30 p.m., just a few hours after the search for the fishermen was suspended at 3:30 p.m.

The men disappeared at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday when a large wave struck their 18-foot Striper boat near the Pigeon Point Light Station, San Mateo County sheriff's Detective Rebecca Rosenblatt said.

The boat, which had four fishermen on board, had departed from a marina near Candlestick Park at about 5:30 a.m., Rosenblatt said.

The two missing men were not believed to have been wearing life vests when the wave hit their boat.

The two other men on board were wearing life vests, Rosenblatt said, and they managed to swim to shore and report the emergency to the sheriff's office.

The U.S. Coast Guard, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office and auxiliary volunteer teams have been searching the ocean waters and the coastline since the accident, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and two 87-foot vessels scoured the water and sheriff's units continued to search a long stretch of remote beaches in southern San Mateo County before the search was suspended.

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