Man drowns off St. Simons Island over Memorial Day weekend, Glynn County Fire Rescue says

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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