RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — A 73-year-old New Jersey man drowned while swimming in the ocean off Palm Beach on Saturday during what was supposed to be a Thanksgiving vacation with his granddaughter.
Nikolay Yurchenko was pulled from the water just after 12:26 p.m. on Nov. 22 behind a condominium at 3100 N. Ocean Blvd., according to the Riviera Beach Police Department. Bystanders on the beach immediately began CPR until Ocean Rescue and Palm Beach Fire Rescue crews arrived.
Rescuers transported Yurchenko from the shoreline to an ambulance, but despite continued lifesaving efforts, he was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Medical Center around 1:15 p.m.
Yurchenko and his 18-year-old granddaughter had arrived in Florida from New Jersey on Nov. 20 to spend the Thanksgiving holiday together, investigators said. She last saw him between 10:30 and 11 a.m. Saturday, as he left their condominium to go for a swim.
Riviera Beach police detectives and Crime Scene Unit investigators responded to the scene. No foul play is suspected in Yurchenko's death.
