Irish man drowned in Toronto this morning

[Gabriel_Hurl]

http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090818/090818_swimmer_missing/20090818/?hub=CP24Home

A 20-year-old man from Ireland has been pronounced dead in hospital after he was pulled from the waters off Centre Island Tuesday morning.

Staff. Sgt Ron Tapley says thee friends had camped on the island overnight and went for a swim in the morning. The group was diving off the pier and swimming back to shore when two of the friends realized the third was not there.

They called 911 from a payphone just before 8 a.m., prompting the Marine Unit to send all personnel to the scene, Tapley says.

The man's unconscious body was pulled from about two metres of water into a police boat about 45 minutes after he had disappeared, police say. Footage from Chopper 24 showed the watercraft immediately speeding away from the scene while a paramedic was performing CPR feverishly on the victim.

The boat pulled up to the mainland shore where an ambulance was waiting. Paramedics were still performing CPR at the scene before leaving on an emergency run to hospital.

Footage captured by Chopper24 showed at least five Marine Unit boats searching the wavy waters off the shore of the island.

A pair of swimmers was seen sitting on a bench on the pier looking upset while other emergency responders look into the water off the railing.

The man was working in Canada on a summer work visa and police say they're notifying his family in Ireland.

Tapley says it is common for people to swim in the area where the incident occured, but it is uncommon for people to be diving in the area.

He says police believe the victim was a confident swimmer, but generally - people can't take swimming lightly.
The water was about 27 degrees Celcius at the time.


More to come.

Poor lad

[Galwaybhoy]

Shocking sad.  This seems to happen way to much.

RIP

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Name was just released - young lad from Dundalk who was studying in Dublin.

Was supposed to be flying home next Tuesday

RIP