Man’s body recovered after drowning at Bloubergstrand in Cape Town
The man had been surfing with his 23-year-old son when he collapsed and became unresponsive.
A man has tragically drowned at Bloubergstrand beach in Cape Town after collapsing while surfing with his 23-year-old son. The National Sea Rescue Institute was alerted to a surfer in distress and dispatched rescue crews to the scene. The distressed father and son were pulled from the water, and the son used his surfboard to help his father towards the shore.
Despite the father receiving CPR from both bystanders and paramedics, he was pronounced deceased upon arrival at the hospital. The police have taken custody of the body and opened an inquest into the incident.
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