The Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services identified tonight, Friday, the drowning victim at Laolao Bay as a 32-year-old Chinese male tourist.<\/p>\n
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DFEMS spokesman Derek Gersonde said a physician at the Commonwealth Health Center pronounced the victim, Tian Tao, dead at 2:24pm.<\/p>\n
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Gersonde said investigation showed that Tao and his wife had rented a vehicle and gone to Laolao Bay without a guide this afternoon.<\/p>\n
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Tao went swimming while his wife stayed ashore.<\/p>\n
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The wife later shouted for help after noticing that her husband had gone underwater for several minutes near the reef.<\/p>\n
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A group of Japanese male bystanders swam to the rescue and pulled out the victim to shore.<\/p>\n
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DFEMS ambulance responded after receiving the 911 call at 1:55pm.<\/p>\n
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Gersonde said DFEMS emergency medical technicians tried to revive Tao and performed CPR on him in the ambulance until they reached at CHC at 2:18pm.<\/p>\n
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More details to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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