KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A 52-year-old tourist from Arkansas died while snorkeling off a commercial charter boat in the Florida Keys, officials said Tuesday.
Gary Wayne Miller of Rogers, Arkansas, was snorkeling along the Eastern Dry Rocks reef on Monday afternoon when he suffered a breathing issue, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Miller returned to the Sandie Cat catamaran, where the crew helped him on board. He lost consciousness a short time later.
The crew began CPR and took him to the Conch Harbor in Key West. He was then taken to a hospital where he died.
Sheriff's officials say autopsy results are pending.
Autopsy results are pending.
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