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ape Town - A 63-year-old man suffered a heart attack and nearly drowned in one of the tanks at the Two Oceans Aquarium on Monday. National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) rescuers from the Table Bay branch were summoned to the Two Ocean Aquarium in Waterfront at around 2pm.
NSRI spokesman Craig Lambinon said the man was from Joburg.
Lambinon said he was rescued by Two Ocean Aquarium divers and rushed to hospital.
“He is in a serious condition, suffering a myocardial infarction (heart attack) which had reportedly occurred while diving on an adventure dive.”
I am still chewing on the fact that they had to call the National Sea Rescue Institute (equivalent of the U.S. coast guard) to assist getting the individual out of the fish tank and to a hospital. If ever there is a spot where the DM can perform a rescue, this is it.