A tourist drowned while swimming with his daughter at Micro Beach in Garapan last week, according to the Department of Public Safety yesterday.<\/p>\n
DPS spokesperson Lei Ogumoro said Takeyuki Wakasa, 59, a Japanese, was pronounced dead by a doctor at the Commonwealth Health Center on Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 3:21pm.<\/p>\n
Ogumoro said Wakasa, who had a history of chest pain and shortness of breathing, was found with fluid in his lungs.<\/p>\n
Ogumoro said that DPS received a report of a possible drowning incident at Micro Beach Tuesday last week at 2:56pm.<\/p>\n
According to the preliminary investigation, Wakasa was swimming with his 13-year-old daughter when he decided to go further toward the deeper part of the ocean. The daughter remained near the shoreline. <\/p>\n
About 30 minutes to an hour later, Wakasa was found motionless and face down on the surface of the water, a quarter mile from the beach.<\/p>\n
The victim was placed aboard a commercial boat. He had no pulse and was not breathing. Ogumoro said cardiopulmonary resuscitation was administered on the victim. <\/p>\n
Medics then transported the victim to CHC for further treatment, but he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
Last Nov. 22, a fishing boat crew member reportedly drowned when he fell into the ocean near the island of Guguan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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