Manistee City Police, Fire Departments Respond to Near Drowning at First Street Beach 9and10news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 9and10news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Duty officer Sebastien de Paula said it was a very traumatising and sad incident. There were lots of people around, the markets are on, it s a particularly busy day, he said. (The swimmer) was assisted by another man who raised the alarm (to lifeguards). Conditions are particularly unstable with lots of rips outside the flagged area. It is the third drowning in the past 24 hours. A man in his mid-twenties drowned after being pulled from the waters of a popular swimming hole near Cairns at 5.10pm Saturday. Surf Life Saving Queensland extended thoughts and sympathies to the Peregian Beach swimmer s loved ones.