     ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE: ON JULY 2, 1996 ABOUT 4:30 PM THE DECEASED WAS SWIMMING WITH SOME FRIENDS BEHIND BICENTENIAL PARK.  WHILE IN THE WATER THE DECEASED BEGAN MOVING HIS ARMS UP AND DOWN AND CALLED FOR HELP.  HE THEN WENT UNDERWATER AND DID NOT COME BACK UP.
     RESCUE DIVERS FOUND THE DECEASED CLOSE TO THE SEAWALL IN ABOUT 22 FEET OF WATER.  HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO COLUMBIA CEDARS MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE ARRIVED IN THE E/R ABOUT 5:20 PM, INTUBATED WITH CPR IN PROGRESS.  HE WAS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST, PULSELESS ON THUMPER WITH VOMITUS PRESENT.  DESPITE AGGRESSIVE RESUSCITATIVE EFFORTS HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 5:25 PM.