A small Navy craft crashed off the coast of California in the early hours of Friday, injuring five sailors with a Naval Special Warfare unit.
The ship hit the Zuniga Point Jetty as it entered San Diego Bay around 1:50 a.m., Naval Special Warfare spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Chelsea K. Irish said.
None of the injuries were life-threatening. Three of the sailors have since been released from hospital and two others are in stable condition, Irish said.
The sailors are part of a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit and were taking part in a routine training exercise, Irish said.
The Navy is investigating the cause.
Five Navy sailors were taken to hospital in the early hours of Friday morning following a boating accident at Point Loma Naval Base, police say (file photo)
Five people were taken to hospital early Friday morning after a boating accident at a San Diego naval base
A West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit conducting routine training operations off the coast of Southern California hit the Zuniga Point Jetty as it entered San Diego Bay
Just before 2 a.m., the U.S. Navy requested fire and medical attention at Naval Base Point Loma, which was established in the area in 1998 and has about 22,000 naval and civilian personnel.
Those injured in the crash were taken to UC San Diego Medical Center Hillcrest, about a 20-minute drive from the naval base.
One of the injured sailors is a Navy Seal. Four of them are support staff.
Brian O’Rourke, the media relations officer for Navy Region Southwest, told me Fox 5 that a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit conducting routine training operations off the coast of Southern California hit the Zuniga Point Jetty as it entered San Diego Bay.
The Navy says an investigation is underway into “the accident.”
Those injured in the crash were taken to the UC San Diego Medical Center Hillcrest
In March, US President Joe Biden (center) visited Point Loma Naval Base with Prime Ministers of Australia, Anthony Albanese, (left) and the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak (right)
Naval Base Point Loma consists of seven facilities: Submarine Base, Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command, Fleet Combat Training Center Pacific, Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR), Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific, the Fleet Intelligence Command Pacific and Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar.
In March, US President Joe Biden visited Point Loma naval base with the Prime Ministers of Australia, Anthony Albanese, and the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak.
It was believed to be the first time a sitting president had visited Point Loma Naval Base since its establishment in 1998.
A San Diego man whose live stream captured two US Navy ships nearly colliding in the local harbor has been ordered by the military department to take down the cameras
Last month, a San Diego man livestreamed the moment when two US Navy ships nearly collided in the local harbor.
Barry Bahrami has been ordered by the military department to take down the cameras and says he was told by the Navy’s Criminal Investigative Service and the National Park Service that he cannot have a live stream because it shows military activity in the area .
The man told a local outlet in San Diego that his group had been filming for a decade but was not commissioned until after the near miss was captured.
“We were there for 10 years and then all of a sudden come up with a reason to take them down, that’s just bologna. I don’t think anyone believes that,” Bahrami said. Fox 5.
“Now we have government censorship just out of spite for showing something they didn’t like,” Bahrami said.
Barry Bahrami says he was told by the Navy’s Criminal Investigative Service and the National Park Service that he cannot have a live stream because it shows military activity in the area
Bahrami runs a group called San Diego Web Cam that provides live streaming feeds in the San Diego area.
In November, one of Bahrami’s cameras caught two naval vessels nearly colliding in an incident of “Warship Chicken.”
After the video received online attention, the National Park Service contacted him at the Navy’s request and ordered him to take down the cameras.
The cameras were set up at the Cabrillo National Monument in Point Loma.
While the government organizations claim they simply do not want him filming possible military activities, Bahrami raises questions.
He asks why his cameras were removed after ten years in the area, calling the order an act of “censorship.”
A legal analyst who spoke to Fox San Diego said the case is special because of the length of time the cameras were on and the public interest.
“One thing that stands out about this webcam company is that they were very careful not to film anything that could cause privacy issues,” says Wendy Patrick.
In November, one of Bahrami’s cameras captured two Navy vessels in San Diego Bay nearly colliding in an incident of ‘Warship Chicken’
“We were there for 10 years and then all of a sudden come up with a reason to take them down, that’s just bologna, I don’t think anybody believes that,” Bahrami told FOX 5
A legal analyst who spoke to Fox 5 said the case is special because of the length of time the cameras were on and the public interest.
“One thing that stands out about this webcam company is that they were very careful not to film anything that could cause privacy issues,” said Wendy Patrick.
“It also fuels the argument as to why they want to know exactly why this request was made to take down these cameras,” Patrick continued.
Several days after the incident was captured on video, the cameras had to be removed and public interest has only increased.
The man says his cameras pose no threat and are only there to connect the residents of San Diego to their city.
The legal analyst agreed, but called their location a potential problem.
“The cameras were shot down on private property and the footage is something that a lot of people are interested in,” said Patrick.
“There are people who have relied on those webcams to see loved ones come and go,” she continued.
Speaking to the San Diego outlet, the camera owner said he plans to put up two new cameras to replace the ones that were removed.
He also said he is developing an app that will allow anyone in the city to set up a webcam.
“There are people who have relied on those webcams to watch loved ones come and go,” says legal analyst Wendy Patrick
In a statement to DailyMail.com, NCIS officials responded, saying:
NCIS recently raised police security concerns with the National Park Service in connection with the private webcams.
“We look forward to continuing the close collaboration with NPS.
The private webcams and YouTube channel provided 24-hour webcam surveillance of ships and assets aboard Naval Air Station North Island, including aircraft hangars and flight lines, Naval Base Point Loma submarine assets, and tracking of military personnel working aboard Naval Base Coronado. .’