ARIZONA YOUTH DROWNS AT PYRAMID LAKE SWIM AREA.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer An Arizona teen who drowned Monday at Pyramid Lake's new Vista Del Lago swim beach became tired while swimming and couldn't hold out until help arrived, officials said Monday. Jason Diaz, 17, had been with a church group that stopped about 2 p.m. at the lake alongside Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. 5, said sheriff's Deputy Mike Willoughby. ``They were coming from a church in Ventura on their bus and decided to take a break,'' Willoughby said, adding that their destination was unknown. Diaz and a friend from Teen Reach, a youth outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. group affiliated with Grace Community Church in Benson, Ariz., decided to go for a swim. The teen group had been touring churches in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . ``Jason and a friend decided to take a swim during the lunch break and after about 15 minutes in the water and after going about 60 feet from shore, Jason became tired and couldn't swim anymore,'' Willoughby said. When his friend tried to help Diaz back to shore, the teen was unable to hold on to him, Willoughby said. ``Jason was holding on to his friend's leg and for some reason couldn't hold on anymore. And by the time his friend got to shore for help, Jason had gone under,'' Willoughby said. Rescue workers arrived within five minutes, removed Diaz from the water and immediately began CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac efforts, Willoughby said. Diaz was airlifted to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m. Shelley Chefalo, a worker at the lake, said the drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance. drowning, n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid. was the first since the Vista Del Lago beach opened last year. ``It's the first swim-related drowning we've had at Pyramid Lake Pyramid Lake, 188 sq mi (487 sq km), W Nev. The lake, a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, receives the Truckee River. Visited (1844) by U.S. explorer John Frémont, the lake was named for its large pyramidal rocks. since I've worked here,'' said Chefalo, who has worked at the lake for seven years. Vista Del Lago employs lifeguards only on weekends and signs warn swimmers that on weekdays they enter the lake at their own risk, Chefalo said. |
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