Overview
- Firefighters retrieved the body at about 12:30 after rough seas and wind initially delayed the recovery.
- Emergency services responded at 11:10 to reports of a possible fall near the Zurriola breakwater and the Paseo de Salamanca.
- Municipal sources reported the man fell into the Urumea at the Kursaal bridge corner on Ramon María Lili Street and the current carried him to the opposite bank.
- AEMET maintained an orange alert for high winds and waves in Gipuzkoa, with gusts above 120 km/h complicating the operation.
- The body was transferred to the Basque Institute of Legal Medicine for autopsy, and the Ertzaintza has opened an investigation.