Tag: incident in the sea
Boat found, men and boys still missing
(CNS): The 28-foot fishing boat that was lost at sea Sunday evening has been found capsized by search and rescue teams but there is no sign of the two boys and three men who were on board. The Panga boat, which police said was not carrying life vests, was located about 11am Monday about 20 miles southwest of […]
Visiting snorkeller dies off Cemetery Beach
(CNS): A 65-year-old man visiting the Cayman Islands from Illinois, US, was pronounced dead at the hospital on Wednesday morning after snorkelling off a West Bay beach. Police said the 911 Communications Centre received a call at around 9:30am that Joseph Dieschbourg had encountered difficulties in the water off Cemetery Beach.
Visitor dies after diving off North West Point
(CNS): A 65-year-old man from Tennessee died Sunday morning following a dive off the coast off the North West Point area at Orange Canyon, in West Bay. Police said emergency services were called to the West Bay dock just before 10:30am on 6 December, where medics administered emergency treatment to the American visitor. Gary Paul […]
Teen was Bonaventure resident
(CNS): The local teenager who lost his life in the sea on Sunday was a resident of the Bonaventure Boys Home in West Bay, officials from the Ministry of Community Affairs, Youth and Sports have confirmed. The 14-year-old boy was on a group trip organised by the home when he got into difficulties in the water behind […]
Teenage boy drowns in South Sound
(CNS): A 14-year-old boy drowned Sunday, police said, after the youngster reportedly got into difficulty in the ocean off the coast of the South Sound cemetery. Police have not identified the boy or said whether he is a resident of or visitor to the islands. According to a short release from the RCIPS, the emergency […]
Norwegian billionaire was boating accident victim
(CNS): The RCIPS is still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 58-year-old Erik Henriksen, who was pulled from the North Sound Monday and pronounced dead later at the George Town hospital. Police believe that he and a second Canadian man were thrown from a speed boat. The Norwegian billionaire, who was the former chairman of the […]
Visitor dies after East End morning dive
(CNS): A 54-year-old woman visiting the Cayman Islands on vacation from Canada died Tuesday morning following a dive in East End. Police and paramedics were called to the scene on at around 8:45am. The woman was diving with Tortuga Divers but surfaced soon after the dive began and indicated to the boat crew that she was having […]
Police search and rescue underway off north coast
(CNS): Reports of a major boat fire off the coast of North Side have triggered a search and rescue operation. The RCIPS received reports around 6:30 this morning (Thursday 15 October) from members of the public indicating that a boat was on fire out to sea. The police and the fire service are on scene […]
Police rescue two men from capsized boat
(CNS): The RCIPS Joint Marine Unit rescued two men from the ocean early Saturday morning after receiving a distress call from the crew that the boat, which was some five miles offshore from North West Point, was taking on water. Police said that just before the call was lost, the caller was able to state […]
Local boat rescues five men at sea
(CNS): Two men aboard a small private vessel rescued five men from the sea on Saturday evening after their boat had capsized near the South Sound Channel. Officers from the Air Operations Unit in the the RCIPS helicopter received a distress call from the capsized boat at around 8pm on 19 September and then found it using its FLIR […]
Police reveal death of another visiting diver
(CNS): A 53-year-old man visiting the Cayman Islands from Clearwater, Florida, died while diving in West Bay almost one week ago, police have now revealed. John Michael Killanin was in Grand Cayman participating in an annual dive event known as Inner Space, police said, when he got into difficulties on the morning of Friday 29 […]
