Posted at 3:19 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Snorkeler pulled from water near Makai Pier identified
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The city Department of the Medical Examiner has identified Donald Anderson, 49, of Royal Oak, Mich., as the man who died at Castle Medical Center yesterday after being rescued from the ocean near the Makai Pier in Waimanalo.Anderson, who was participating in a commercial snorkeling tour when he got into trouble, was brought to shore about 11 a.m. and was given cardio-pulmonary resuscitation by lifeguards from nearby Makapu'u Beach Park.
City paramedics transported Anderson to Castle Medical Center in extremely critical condition and he was pronounced dead within an hour of arriving at the hospital.
Anderson had traveled to O'ahu with his wife to visit a son stationed in the military here, said Jessica Lani Rich, president and executive director of the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii.
An autopsy performed this morning determined he died of asphyxia due to drowning.
