The world continues to be reeling following the tragic lack of actor/musician/poet Malcolm-Jamal Warner as the results of a drowning accident whereas vacationing in Costa Rica. New particulars are rising, offering extra perception into the elements that will have contributed to his loss of life.
Noticed on TMZ, no lifeguard was on responsibility when Malcolm-Jamal Warner was swept away by a powerful present, inflicting him to drown at Costa Rica’s Playa Grande seashore.
Costa Rica’s volunteer lifeguard group, the Caribbean Guard, acknowledged in a Fb publish that lifeguards used to patrol Playa Grande in recent times recurrently, however because of a scarcity of sources, that they had no lifeguards current on the seashore.
The publish additionally describes Playa Grande as a “difficult seashore,” and quite a few indicators in each English and Spanish warn swimmers of potential drowning dangers.
The Caribbean Guard additionally factors to a spike in incidents at one other seashore, Playa Negra, in addition to Chiquita, which is infamous for its sturdy currents, as a cause for a shift in sources.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner Was Swimming With His 8-Yr-Previous Daughter
This story may have been much more dramatic, in keeping with an ABC Information report. Warner was additionally swimming together with his 8-year-old daughter, they usually have been each noticed by close by surfers.
One surfer used his surfboard to get Warner’s daughter safely to shore, whereas a lifeguard introduced Warner and one other particular person to shore.
CPR was administered to The Cosby Present star for 45 minutes, however he couldn’t be resuscitated.
Our ideas are with Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s household and associates.