Photo for Headline Surfer / Beach cam screenshot image Tuesday afternoon looking north from the Dunlawnton Avenue approach.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A 76-year-old man body surfing drowned Saturday afternoon near Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway.
It happened along the beach near the intersection of Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway and Zelda Boulevard in Daytona Beach. The drowning was reported at 12:41 p.m. in the 1200 block of N. Atlantic Ave.
Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Director Tamra Malphurs reported that a 75-year-old man was pulled from the ocean unresponsive.
Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue Director Tamra Malphurs reported that a 75-year-old man was pulled from the ocean unresponsive.
Rescue workers from Beach Safety, Volusia County Emergency Management Services, and the Daytona Beach Fire Department performed lifesaving measures before transporting him to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
"Despite all efforts, he later passed away," Malphurs said in an email.
The man's identity was not released.
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Henry Frederick is an award-winning journalist who launched Headline Surfer in 2008. The site serves the greater Daytona Beach, Sanford, and Orlando areas along the I-4 corridor and beyond via HeadlineSurfer.com in Lake Mary, Florida. Frederick earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in Orlando in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade, and before that, the same beat with The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. He's also worked as a city editor and city hall reporter for two dailies. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high-profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz & the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. Assisting Henry Frederick with Headline Surfer is Sera King, who writes about the weather and feature stories, takes photos, shoots video, and occasionally draws editorial cartoons. • Bio: https://henryfrederick.com/.
