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A 17-year-old bochur is in serious condition after nearly drowning Tuesday evening in the private swimming pool at his family’s home in Tzfas. Emergency personnel provided life-saving treatment at the scene before transporting him to Ziv Medical Center, where he was admitted in critical condition, sedated and on a ventilator.

Magen David Adom said it received a report at 9:39 p.m. of an unconscious teenager at a residence on Golan Street in Tzfas. Initial indications were that the bochur had lost consciousness due to an apparent medical episode while in the pool. He was pulled from the water before emergency responders arrived.

United Hatzalah medic Yechiel Roshetsky, who was first on the scene, together with fellow responders Yossi Markowitz and Chaim Meir Rothner, said, “Together with additional volunteers, we provided him with initial medical treatment, including respiratory assistance. He was then transported to Ziv Medical Center in Tzfas while sedated and on a ventilator in serious condition.”

MDA paramedic Oren Ne’eman and MDA motorcycle unit volunteer Ronen Hadassi said, “We found the teenager unconscious after he apparently lost consciousness due to a medical episode while in the family’s swimming pool and was pulled from the water. We provided life-saving medical treatment and transported him to the hospital in serious condition.”

The circumstances surrounding the apparent medical episode are under investigation.

{Matzav.com}

A 34-year-old resident of Yerushalayim tragically drowned while swimming at a beach in Limassol, Cyprus. ZAKA’s International Unit is working together with Israel’s Foreign Ministry and local authorities to assist the family and expedite the arrangements to bring the niftar to Eretz Yisroel for kevurah.

According to ZAKA, the man entered the water with members of his family, but at some point disappeared beneath the waves. Family members searched frantically along the shoreline and in the water for approximately two hours.

The search came to a heartbreaking end when a powered paraglider flying over the area spotted the man floating in the water. Local rescue personnel recovered him, but were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene.

Chaim Weingarten, ZAKA’s Deputy Director of Operations, said, “This is a devastating tragedy. The deceased entered the sea together with his family, and at some point he disappeared. For about two hours, family members searched for him on the beach and in the water until a powered paraglider flying overhead spotted him floating in the sea. Tragically, local rescue teams had no choice but to pronounce him dead. ZAKA remains in constant contact with the family and, together with the Foreign Ministry, is working with the local authorities to assist the family and bring the deceased to kevurah in Israel as quickly as possible.”

{Matzav.com}