Video: High rip current risk in Pacific Ocean off San Diego

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Lifeguards and first responders had a busy day in Oceanside after they rescued five people from the Pacific Ocean near the pier in downtown Oceanside. One of the swimmers had to be airlifted to a trauma center.

A bystander ran into Lifeguard Headquarters around 1:40 p.m. to alert lifeguards of multiple swimmers that were in distress near the Oceanside Pier off The Strand, the Oceanside Fire Department reports.

Lifeguards were in the water within minutes and rescued five people.

Once the swimmers were on shore, first responders and lifeguards evaluated and treated them. One person had to be airlifted by helicopter to Scripps La Jolla Trauma Center, and two other people were taken to an Oceansid

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