Brit swimmer, 58, drowns off the coast of Tenerife as horrified child looks on while nurse fought to save his life

A BRIT has horrifically drowned off the coast of Tenerife as a child helplessly watched on. The 58-year-old man was dragged out of the sea by two bystanders, including a nurse, who desperately performed CPR on him. The Brit, 58, tragically drowned in front of a young child in Tenerife He had gone into cardiac arrest as they waited for emergency services. They continued to try to revive him after reaching the scene, near the Punta de Teno lighthouse at the northwestern tip of Tenerife, but there was nothing they could do to save him. A second person described as a minor who was with him, was assisted by psychologists. It was not immediately clear today/yesterday (SUN) if the child was the dead man’s son or daughter. The alarm was raised around 5pm on Friday. A regional government-run emergency co-ordination centre confirmed the death today, saying in a statement: “A 58-year-old British man has died in an incident at the Teno lighthouse coast in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte. “We received the alert just before 5pm on Friday, requesting help for a person two swimmers had pulled out of the water who had gone into cardiac arrest. “One of the rescuers was a nurse and began to perform resuscitation manoeuvres until the emergency responders arrived. “A rescue helicopter was mobilised as well as an ambulance and staff from a nearby health centre together with local police and Civil Guard officers. “The experts continued with the resuscitation attempts when they arrived but were unable to save the man and he was pronounced dead at the scene. “A team of psychologists was also activated to assist a child who was accompanying the person that died.”