HAWAII, USA — Editor's Note: The above video is from an earlier broadcast in 2021.
A Valley man visiting Hawaii has died after he apparently lost control of his bodyboard and drowned.
Bakir Shelesh, 28, of Glendale was pulled from the waters off of Wainihia Bay and later died at the hospital Saturday morning, according to the Kaua'i Police Department.
Officials were dispatched Friday evening to the bay for reports of a swimmer in distress. Shelesh had reportedly lost his bodyboard and was swept into deeper water, police said.
The Arizona man briefly regained a pulse after paramedics pulled him out of the water and performed CPR, but he died a short time later. Police don't suspect foul play and an autopsy will determine Shelesh's exact cause of death.
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The county contains around 63% of Arizona’s population and is 9,224 square miles. That makes the county larger than seven U.S. states (Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New Hampshire).
One of the largest park systems in the nation is also located in Maricopa County. The county has an estimated 120,000 acres of open space parks that includes hundreds of miles of trails, nature centers and campgrounds.
The county’s seat is located in Phoenix, which is also the state capital and the census-designated 5th most populous city in the United States.
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