Lost pooch swept out to sea rescued off California coast after dramatic search, use of proven technology

Key Highlights

• The black Labrador retriever-mix named Sadie, initially escaped from the home where her owners were staying in San Diego during a Sunday football game, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.
• The pair, Alexis Barcellos and Brandon Valdez, tracked Sadie using the AirTag on her collar and set out to the coast to find her, officials said.
• AI TECH HELPS A SENIOR REUNITE WITH HER CAT AFTER 11 DAYS Sadie, a black Labrador retriever-mix, was rescued from the water near Mission Beach, San Diego.
• (San Diego Fire-Rescue via AP) Lifeguards in Ocean Beach, nearly two miles away, alerted a lifeguard tower about a dog that had been swept out into the rip current near a jetty.
• Lifeguard units and a U. S.