allen is live in crown beach in alameda. people having a tough time with this. >> yes. it really is shocking when you think about it. rescue workers who are paid to save others in danger watched the man die out here today. that man told his mother that he wanted to kill himself so he marched himself out into the ocean. now this is the part where rules and regulations defy logic. >> i thought it was kind of weird not going out to bring the guy in. he was out there. head above wachlts he was looking at even. i felt like there was plenty of time for them to react. >>reporter: for more than an hour the suicidal man stood up to the neck in the frigid surf off crown beach in alameda. >> what we expected to see at some point there would be a concern and somebody would go out there and pull him in. >>reporter: about 75 beach goers couldn't understand why alameda police officers and firefighters stood idle by and watched the man slowly succumb to the 60 degree water and go under. >> we are not trained to go into the water. obviously type of gear we have on. we don't have the typ

he stood in the water here at crown beach in alameda for about an hour. the beach was full with people. all of them stunned that rescue crews didn't help. firefighters and police were here. the man's mother had called 911 and said her son wanted to kill himself. but they stood on the shore and watched. fire officials say they can't afford to recertify firefighters in land-base water rescues because of budget cuts. if the firefighters went in, they say the city would be liable. >> if you saw a child drowning more than 75 feet offshore, would you go in and rescue that child or not? >> well, if i was off-duty i know what i would do. you're asking me my on-duty response. i have to stay within the policies and procedures, because that is what is required by the department to do. >> reporter: they responded to the call but the boat couldn't get close because the water was shallow. the coast guard helicopter didn't get here on time. the firefighters didn't even go in to recover the body. woman in her 20s volunteered to do it. the man has been identified as 53-yea

it happened at crown beach in alameda where allen is live no now. police say they can't do rescue because they are not certified to do them; is that right. >> that is true. we get into that to a second. first let me tell you for more than an hour the crowd out here watched a suicide man stand in the surf up to his neck here off crown beach in alameda. now about 75 beach goers couldn't understand why alameda police officers and firefighters stood idle by and watched the man slowly succumb to the 60 degree water and go under. he was 150 yards out but it was still too shallow for a coast guard boat and who want are open another call. it arrived too late. alameda fire department says budget constraints are preventing it from recertifying the firefighters in land base water rescue. without it the city would be open to liability. >> if you saw a child drowning more than 75 feet offshore would you go in and rescue that child or not? >> if i was off duty know what i would do. i think you are asking me my on duty response and i would have to stay within our

there were several people on crown beach. they were all watching wondering why rescue crews didn't help him. police officers and firefighters also stood by and watched. as the man slowly went under. the coast guard couldn't get him because the spot where he was standing was a little too shallow for the boat to get to. and the coast guard helicopter arrived too late. it had been on another call. officials at the fire department say budget constraints are preventing them from recertifying firefighters and land-based water rescues. >> it's horrible. how can we allow that to happen. how can our emergency personnel allow that to happen? i don't get it. i don't understand it. >> alameda firefighters couldn't even go in and get the body. they waited for a woman who was on the beach who volunteered to go in and bring the man back to the beach. he has been identified as 53-year-old raymond zack. officials haven't said where he is from. they do plan to get together and talk about what happened and what to do going forward. live in alam

it happened a crown beach. firefighters and police officers stoobackorn hour doing nothing. amy hollyfield has the breaking developments live from alameda fire headquarters. >> reporter: the fire chief says the mood is somber at the fire department. he says it's time for a policy change and it's time to figure out a way to pay for the water rescue program. >> it was a moment witnesses continue believe was happening, did couldn't believe it was happening. >> how could they allow it to happen? i don't understand it. >> the fire chief couldn't understand either. >> its regrettable incident that would have been imaginable a few years ago. >> reporter: firefighters and police officers stood and watched yesterday as a suicidal man drowned about 50 feet offshore. fire officials said they couldn't save him because they hadn't been trained in land water just because of budget cuts made back in 2009. city council slashed the water rescue program, a cut fire administrators called demoralizing. they fell out of rescue certification and firefighters could not go into the water under any

it happened a crown beach. firefighters and police officers stood back for an hour doing nothing. amy hollyfield has the breaking developments live from alameda fire headquarters. >> reporter: the fire chief says the mood is somber at the fire department. he says it's time for a policy change and it's time to figure out a way to pay for the water rescue program. >> it was a moment witnesses continue believe was happening, did couldn't believe it was happening. >> how could they allow it to happen? i don't understand it. >> the fire chief couldn't understand either. >> its regrettable incident that would have been imaginable a few years ago. >> reporter: firefighters and police officers stood and watched yesterday as a suicidal man drowned about 50 feet offshore. fire officials said they couldn't save him because they hadn't been trained in land water just because of budget cuts made back in 2009. city council slashed the water rescue program, a cut fire administrators called demoralizing. they fell out of rescue certification and firefighters could not go into the water under any

the 57-year-old suicidal man waded in the water nearly an hour at crown beach. due to budget cuts in 2009, the city's water rescue program was eliminated. so now the alameda police and fire departments are not certified in land-based water rescues. the fire chief is now ordering a rewrite of the water rescue policy, and firefighters are expected to immediately begin training. >>> a young woman is dead after an accident in marin county. it happened just after 1 a.m. on northbound 101 in novato. officers say 20-year-old kimberly augusto hit a guardrail, her car came to rest in one of lanes. that is when it was hit by a van traveling about 65 miles per hour. she was killed by the impact. four passengers in the van were treated and released at the scene. firefighters say the original crash may have broken the lights on her car, making it hard for other drivers to see it. >>> we're finding out more about a pedestrian killed in campbell last night. it happened just after 11 p.m. on the busy pressly. the victim is a 31-year-old man from san jose who was drinking of he

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