Apparent Drowning Off Lighthouse Beach

On the afternoon of July 15th, ranger John Stewart received a call reporting an unconscious man at Lighthouse Beach. Stewart and seasonal ranger Sean Miller found a large crowd on the beach gathered around two people who were performing CPR on the man. They turned out to be an emergency room doctor and an emergency room nurse. An AED, brought to the beach by the doctor, was hooked up to the man, but no shock was administered. Miller inserted an oral airway and employed a bag valve mask while CPR was continued. Efforts to revive the man proved unsuccessful, though. People at the scene reported that the man had been pulled from the surf by friends and that CPR was started almost immediately. The victim was in his early 50s and reportedly a Chinese national.