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Man drowns at Playa Fòrti

Local | By Correspondent April 23, 2019

WILLEMSTAD - The man who was rescued from the sea on Sunday, resuscitated and taken to the hospital died a little later. This was the 55-year-old Giovanni Migdonio Quirindongo, born in Curaçao.

He got into problems while swimming at Playa Fòrti, western side of the island. A boat that sailed near him managed to fish him out of the water and bring him to the shore.

Rushed ambulance personnel resuscitated the man and brought him to the hospital.

Quirindongo died there.

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