      ACCORDING TO INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MEDICAL RECORDS,  DECEASED WAS APPARENTLY VACATIONING IN CANCUN MEXICO WHEN SHE WAS PULLED INTO THE WATER BY A RIPE -TIDE AND SUFFERED A NEAR DROWNING ON JULY 29, 1996.  SHE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN CANCUN WHERE SHE WAS INTUBATED AND PLACED ON VENTILATION.   SHE SUFFERED A CARDIAC ARREST AND CPR WAS STARTED.  A CHEST X-RAY SHOWED LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER IN BOTH SIDES.   AN EEG SHOWED ISOELECTRIC LINES, NO MOTOR REFLEXES.  SHE WAS DECLARED BRAIN DEAD AND SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSPORTED TO JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
       SHE ARRIVED IN ACUTE RENAL FAILURE AND HYPOTENSIVE.  A SECOND BRAIN STUDY WAS DONE AND SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF INTRACEREBRAL PERFUSION.  SHE WAS PRONOUNCED BRAIN DEAD AND EXPIRED ON JULY 31, 1996 AT 3:25 P.M..