{"id":241322,"date":"2026-03-28T22:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241322\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:15:07","slug":"bikini-clad-swimmer-breaks-silence-after-death-defying-rescue-from-san-francisco-cliff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241322\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikini-clad swimmer breaks silence after death-defying rescue from San Francisco cliff"},"content":{"rendered":"

The swimmer rescued after getting stuck on the side of treacherous San Francisco cliff <\/a>explained how she ended up dangling from the jagged rocks.<\/p>\n

Maxime Rancourt said she decided to \u201chave a cold plunge<\/a>\u201d in the dangerous waters of Ocean Beach when a violent tide pulled her out to sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking at the waves and said they are so beautiful. I\u2019m a good swimmer, but I don\u2019t usually swim there,\u201d she told ABC 7<\/a>, noting that the current swept her out about 50 meters from shore.<\/p>\n

Aerial video showed her clinging to the side of a cliff near the city\u2019s Cliff House restaurant, gripping rocks about 70 feet below the cliff\u2019s edge. X\/@abc7newsbayarea<\/p>\n

Maxime Rancourt was seen dangling from a cliff near an oceanside landmark after being swept away by a violent current on Wednesday. Instagram\/@xymemusic<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current was extreme. I jumped and grabbed the rock to stay there, and the water was still coming at me,\u201d she continued. <\/p>\n

\u201cEverything went so fast. I was on the rock and started climbing from left to right and then I realized that it wasn\u2019t a good idea, but it was the idea to save myself in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aerial video showed Rancourt clinging to the side of the cliff, gripping rocks about 70 feet from the top and high above the craggy coast. A bystander called 911<\/a> and fire crews arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Fire Department responders were seen dropping down a cable for Rancourt to secure herself before a firefighter rappelled down to reach her. \u00a0<\/p>\n

She tried to save herself by climbing onto the cliffs, but froze after making it a short distance. X\/@abc7newsbayarea<\/p>\n

X\/@abc7newsbayarea<\/p>\n

Instagram\/@xymemusic<\/p>\n

When asked if she had a message for the 911 caller, she told ABC 7: \u201cI want to say \u2014 thank you so much. Because I now have a future because of this person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought about it. My destiny was gone in one minute.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The swimmer rescued after getting stuck on the side of treacherous San Francisco cliff explained how she ended…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[7,4182,15201,101,103,102,104,106,105,3586,23613],"class_list":{"0":"post-241322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-rescues","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news","17":"tag-us-news","18":"tag-water-rescue"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}