A 66 year old man drowned this weekend on a Turneffe Island fishing trip. On Saturday morning, Sarteneja resident Eugenio Santos Sr. was with his son and 5 other fishermen on their sailboat. Later on in the day, He went out with 2 of the fishermen on separate canoes to go further out to fish. About an hour later, there was a heavy downpour and Santos Jr. and the other fishermen on the sailboat could not get to his father in time. After the rain stopped, the crew went looking for Santos Sr. and that is when they found him floating in the water near his canoe with a rope wrapped around his foot. The deluge caused the canoe to capsize, hurling Santos Sr. in the water.
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A 66 year old man drowned this weekend on a Turneffe Island fishing trip. On Saturday morning, Sarteneja resident Eugenio Santos Sr. was with his son and 5 other fishermen on their sailboat. Later on in the day, He went out with 2 of the fishermen on separate canoes to go further out to fish. About an hour later, there was a heavy downpour and Santos Jr. and the other fishermen on the sailboat could not get to his father in time. After the rain stopped, the crew went looking for Santos Sr. and that is when they found him floating in the water near his canoe with a rope wrapped around his foot. The deluge caused the canoe to capsize, hurling Santos Sr. in the water.