Surf Rescue underway off 744 SW Elizabeth Street, Newport
7:15pm Report of someone distressed in the waters off the Elizabeth Inn at 744 SW Elizabeth Street.
7:17pm Several people on scene grabbed the man and the man fought them off and returned to the water. The man is believed to be highly intoxicated.
7:20pm The man is fighting with people. Police and Fire Rescue are enroute to the scene.
7:33pm The missing man is climbing the stairs at the north end of the Hallmark.
7:38pm Search and Rescue personnel have returned to the bluff over the beach and are preparing to return to quarters.