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Updated at 5:04 p.m., Thursday, September 25, 2008

Deaths of two snorkelers on Maui tied to heart conditions

Advertiser Staff

LAHAINA, Maui — Preliminary autopsy results indicate heart conditions killed two snorkelers who died last week in separate incidents in West Maui.

On Sept. 19, Donald Maggini, 55, of Napa, Calif., was found facedown in the waters of Honolua Bay. On Saturday, Timothy Raggio of Palmdale, Calif., apparently suffered a heart attack before struggling to shore at the Sheraton Maui and losing consciousness, according to pathologist Dr. Anthony Manoukian.

Both men were pronounced dead at Maui Memorial Medical Center.