Another drowning in Playa Paraiso

[Janet]

A free diving fisherman (sorry, I don't know what that is – the Spanish is "pesca submarina a pulmón") died just before lunchtime today in Playa Paraiso. The 30-year-old died of cardiac arrest, a known symptom of cold water shock, at 11.40am in Playa del Pinque. Emergency services say that they pulled the poor man from the water unconscious and that despite resuscitation efforts carried out by paramedics and a fellow fisherman, efforts for over 40 minutes, finally they were unable to revive him and he was declared dead at the scene. JA

[El Profesor]

. . . . . (sorry, I don't know what that is – the Spanish is "pesca submarina a pulmón") . . . . . . .

Snorkeler?

[Nova]

No, no snorkel.  They dive deep but without equipment, only storing the air in their lungs and making sure they don't go deeper than they have air to get back to the surface.  One of my colleagues lost her husband a few years ago because he went too deep chasing a fish or something and didn't have enough air to get back up.  Here's Wiki, seems it's known as freediving, skindiving or breath-hold diving.