Unknown Snorkeling fatality - Marathon, Florida

[DandyDon]

Pennsylvania Man Dies In Florida Snorkeling Incident

A 61-year-old Pennsylvania man died on February 27 following a snorkeling incident near the Sombrero Key Lighthouse off Marathon, Florida.

www.tampafp.com

A 61-year-old Pennsylvania man died on February 27 following a snorkeling incident near the Sombrero Key Lighthouse off Marathon, Florida.

The victim of New Hope, Pennsylvania, was on a snorkeling trip with Spirit Snorkeling when he exited the water and lost consciousness around 2:45 p.m. He was transported to Fishermen’s Hospital in Marathon, where he was pronounced dead at 4:25 p.m.

 

[LI-er]

This was not a snorkeling fatality.

I suggest you change the misleading thread title.

 

[DandyDon]

This was not a snorkeling fatality.

I suggest you change the misleading thread title.

Why? He was snorkeling and died.

 

[LI-er]

He was snorkeling and THEN he died.

If someone collapses of a heart attack at the clubhouse after playing 18 holes is it described as a golfing fatality?

 

[Utah_James]

Snorkeling could have contributed to the collapse, it is always good to get datapoints on these incidents . Unlike golf, snorkeling can place strain on the pulmonary system. Unless you slice hard into the lake and lose your ball, which has led to a few heart attacks

 

[tursiops]

Snorkeling could have contributed to the collapse

Yes, it could have. And it might not have.
It is a leap in logic and a possible error to call it a snorkeling fatality. At most, all one can say is he died after snorkeling and then collapsing. Odds are, of course, that it was his heart, and that he would have collapsed and died after ANY exertion. It just happened to be snorkeling.
The original headline writer took it too far as he tried to implicate snorkeling. Better if he had written "after Florida Snorkeling Incident." Then the OP took it a step even farther.
This is how misinformation happens...a series of almost innocuous extrapolations...until you end up with something very far from the truth.

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[LI-er]

Snorkeling could have contributed to the collapse

All possible scenarios need to be addressed.

Perhaps the title should be "Boat passenger possibly struck by a meteor in Florida"