ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A man drowned over the Memorial Day weekend off St. Simons Island, Glynn County Fire Rescue said.
It happened Sunday afternoon at the Massengale Park beach, GCFR said in a news release.
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A lifeguard came to help the man and removed him from the water.
GCFR said the man was unconscious, so lifeguards began doing CPR.
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Paramedics from GCFR arrived and “initiated advanced life support protocols,” according to the release.
They took the man to Southeast Georgia Health Systems in Brunswick, but he later died.
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