What do you think they should have out in the middle of the water that they could do CPR on? If the course is at all how I picture it, the swimmers were probably never more than 750 yards from shore.

Yes, it's sad, but I don't think it's the race organizer's fault in any way. Maybe there are some things they could do better. But who are we to second guess when we weren't even there? I bet the guy didn't go to his doctor and get a check up before he decided to try swimming a mile in open water. And maybe he did. There are lots of things that could have happened to him while he was swimming... stroke, brain aneurysm, flamingo bite... that no amount of medical intervention really could have done anything for.

V.