NORTH CAPE MAY – Authorities identified the man who died during the annual Escape the Cape Triathlon June 12.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., Michael P. Beachler, 70, from Wilmington, Delaware, had nearly completed the Open Water Classic competition when he was spotted in distress by lifeguards near the swim finish.
Authorities told NJ.com that Beachler had suffered an “apparent cardiac arrest.”
He was rescued from the water and taken to the beach in Lower Township near David Douglass Sr. Memorial Park, where emergency medical services (EMS) personnel administered CPR in an attempt to resuscitate him.
An ambulance already onsite for the race transported Beachler to Cape Regional Medical Center, but the man did not survive.
“I’m heartbroken,” Stephen DelMonte, chief executive officer of DelMoSports LLC, which runs the triathlon, stated in a release. “DelMoSports and USA Triathlon lost a member of its beloved community, and we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.”
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