The owner of H2O Tierra tours rejects the post mortem results on tourist Edwin Simmons. As we have been reporting, 61 year old American tourist Edwin Simmons drowned trying to save his wife's life. Both Edwin Simmons and his wife Esther Simmons were on a tour at Shark Ray Alley in the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve. According to police, Simmons and his wife were both in the water but the sea current caused the wife - Esther - to drift away. Edwin Simmons went after his wife and that's when he disappeared. He was later found floating face down. Now as we told you Dr. Mario Estradabran certified cause of death to be "Asphyxiation by Drowning, Incidental". But today when we spoke to the owner of H2O tours Tom Wilson he said he completely rejects Estradabran's report and will be getting results from the US. Wilson told us that he rejects it because the examination itself took only about 30 - 50 minutes and based on what he understands that examination should last 1 - 2 hours - so Wilson questions the veracity of that report and says he believes it was a medical event because the family says that Simmons is asthmatic. Apart from the report, Wilson also rejects the comments about his tour. Yesterday someone who claims to have been on that same tour contacted us and said that the tour was very disorganized and that it was basically a safety hazard being out there. Well, Wilson told us his tour guides were well prepared. They had medical kits and 2 paramedics were on the tour as well. He also said that he always complies with the 8 guests to 1 tour guide regulation and that no one is allowed in the water without a swim vest. In terms of Simmons, Wilson told us that the family members revealed that Simmons was a strong swimmer.
The Tourism Board, which regulates tours still has not reported on the findings of its investigation.
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