{"id":251683,"date":"2017-05-05T06:06:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=251683"},"modified":"2017-05-05T06:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T20:06:08","slug":"2-drown-separate-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/2-drown-separate-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"2 drown in separate incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Search and Rescue Unit members carry the body of 50-year-old Japanese diver Norihiko Manabe, which they found floating along the shoreline at Laolao Bay yesterday afternoon. Manabe went swimming with a dive instructor and two other divers yesterday morning when he later could not be found. (DFEMS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Japanese diver drowned at Laolao Bay while a 71-year-old Korean man also drowned at the beach of Kensington Hotel in San Roque yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n

In the Laolao Bay case, acting Department of Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Jason Tarkong identified the victim as 50-year-old Norihiko Manabe, a tourist.<\/p>\n

In the San Roque incident, Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Derek Gersonde identified the victim as Kyoung Ju Kim.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said that, according to a diving instructor, Manabe was an experienced diver, having been to Saipan over 20 times, had over 500 dives, and was familiar with Laolao Bay diving spot.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said police officers responded to a reported missing diver at Laolao Bay at 12:29pm.<\/p>\n

Preliminary police investigation showed that Manabe was with a diving instructor from Coral Reef Tours and two other divers, who are tourists.<\/p>\n

The group went diving at Laolao Bay on Wednesday and went diving again yesterday at the same bay.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said the group began diving yesterday at 9am and later took a break.<\/p>\n

Later, during the second dive at around 10:30am, Manabe was the last one to come out from the buoy site located outside a marker for the channel. As the three turned around, they could not find Manabe.<\/p>\n

The instructor then called 911.<\/p>\n

DPS Boating Safety Unit launched its rescue boat. DFEMS assisted Boating Safety by launching its own Search and Rescue Unit for water and land searches.<\/p>\n

As rescue team members were diving in the water searching for Manabe, the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter from Guam arrived and joined the search.<\/p>\n

At 3:15pm, a member of the DFEMS Search and Rescue found the body, which was floating face down along the shoreline.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said that Manabe had no pulse and was not breathing.<\/p>\n

DFEMS personnel noticed obvious signs of death such as rigor mortis, pupils were fixed, was cold to the touch, and had blue pigmentation.<\/p>\n

Manabe\u2019s body was brought to the Commonwealth Health Center\u2019s emergency room.<\/p>\n

Tarkong said he does not know the time when Manabe was declared dead by a doctor.<\/p>\n

In the second drowning case, DFEMS received a call from DPS 911 dispatch about a possible drowning on the beach of Kensington Hotel at 4:02pm.<\/p>\n

Preliminary investigation showed that Kim\u2019s son was seen pulling Kim onto the shoreline at the beach. The hotel\u2019s lifeguards performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until medics arrived.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, DFEMS medics performed CPR on Kim at the scene and while he was being transported to CHC.<\/p>\n

A doctor pronounced Kim dead at 4:41pm.<\/p>\n

Last Jan. 26, 53-year-old Isidro Wabol, who had gone swimming, was later found dead outside the reef at Sugar Dock in Chalan Kanoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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