     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION: JULY 28, 1996 THE DECEASED, HIS COMMON-LAW-WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN WERE SWIMMING AT THE BEACH AT APPROX 78TH STREET. A LIFEGUARD ASKED THEM TO MOVE TO A SAFER AREA WHICH THEY OBLIGED AND BEGAN SWIMMING AGAIN. 
     
     THE DEC'D WIFE DESCRIBED AN EVENT WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH A "RIP TIDE" OF WHICH THE ENTIRE FAMILY GOT CAUGHT IN. THEY BEGAN TO SCREAM FOR HELP, WHICHAFTER THE LIFEGUARD RESCUED THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
     
     UPON THE DEC'D EXTRACTION FROM THE WATER, HE WAS SEMI-CONSCIOUS AND VOMITTING. FIRE-RESCUE WAS SUMMONED AND RESPONDED. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI HEART INSTITUTE.

     UPON HIS ARRIVAL INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, HE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE AND MONITOR WAS SHOWING ASYSTOLE. HE WAS INTUBATED AND RECEIVING CHEST COMPRESSIONS, HOWEVER WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, HE WAS PRONOUNCED AT 4:40 P.M..