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Tourist found floating at beach dies
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Posted on Jun 27 2008
A Japanese male tourist who was found motionless on top of a beach mat that was floating beachside near the Pacific Islands Club in San Antonio Wednesday morning died at the hospital yesterday.
Toshitsugi Tanoue, 37, was pronounced dead at 2am by Dr. Leo Arcilla at the Commonwealth Health Center, according to the Department of Public Safety.
“For now, police have classified the incident as a dead person case. This case is still under investigation,” DPS spokesperson Lei Ogumoro said.
DPS initially received a report of a possible drowning incident at PIC.
Ogumoro said the police’s preliminary investigation showed that two Japanese persons swimming at the beach near PIC first noticed the victim floating in the water on top of his beach mat. The victim was facing down and was motionless.
The witnesses then sought the help of a nearby lifeguard after noticing that the victim had white foam coming out of his mouth and nose.
The victim, later identified as Tanoue, was brought to shore where the lifeguard administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.
Police and medics responded to the area and immediately brought Tanoue to CHC’s Intensive Care Unit, where he was placed on life support. The following day, the doctor pronounced him dead.
Ogumoro said police are still looking into the cause of death.
Last March 10, a Vietnamese nun was found dead in the ocean between Saipan and Tinian after an extensive search conducted by different search and rescue teams. A day before her body was located, she was seen swimming with a friend at a beach near Aquarius Beach Tower in Chalan Kanoa.
On Feb. 14, Roberto R. Raquepo, a Filipino, drowned after he tried to retrieve his catch from the ocean while fishing at the cliff line near the Coral Ocean Point in Koblerville.
Last Jan. 21, a Palauan man and his companion were swept by a big wave while they were crab hunting at the cliff line of Marine Beach in Kagman. The Palauan was never found, but his companion managed to swim back to the cliff line.
