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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, December 28, 2009

Two visitors drown on Kauai


Advertiser Staff

Two tourists drowned in separate incidents on Kauaçi Monday afternoon, county officials reported.

In the first incident, a 20-year-old man from North Carolina drowned while snorkeling at Waiohai Bay in Poçipü.
The man was found face-down about 20 feet from shore about 1 pm.
Lifeguards from the Poçipü tower performed CPR, which was continued after firefighters from the Köloa station and medics arrived, a county news release said.
The man was taken to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
On the other side of the Island, in Poçipü, a 41-year man visitor from Portland, Ore., drowned at Kauapea Beach near Kīlauea. The beach is commonly known as Secret Beach.
According to a preliminary report, the man and his 32-year-old brother were swimming at the north shore beach about 1:28 p.m. when a strong current swept them out and around the coast toward Hanalei.
A surfer in the area swam out to assist them and brought the younger man safely to shore.
The man who was rescued then grabbed a rescue tube and swam back out to help his older brother. Upon reaching him, he found his brother face-down in the water.
Four fire companies reposnded to a 911 call.
The man was taken to Wilcox Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.