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 Riviera Beach Fire Rescue.
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…