DEAD SAN FRANCISCO SURFER IDENTIFIED

January 23, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - A surfer who died at Ocean Beach Sunday has been identified as Sean O'Flaherty-Fahey, a 33-year-old San Francisco man, a spokesman for the San Francisco Medical Examiner said today.

O'Flaherty-Fahey lost consciousness at Ocean Beach Sunday morning and died at the University of California-San Francisco Medical Center at 11:04 a.m., according to the National Park Service.

A dispatcher with the San Francisco Fire Department said medical personnel and National Park Service rangers responded to Ocean Beach near Sloat Boulevard and Great Highway around 10 a.m. after a caller reported that a person was unconscious on the beach.

National Park Service officials said it appears the surfer was pulled out of the water by people visiting the beach, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

A spokesman said that the medical examiner has not yet established a cause of death.

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