The family of a Florida man who drowned two years ago in North Myrtle Beach has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, claiming lifeguards and beach officials failed to protect the vacationer from going into the ocean.
Michael Letzkus, 30, of Sanford, Florida, died three days after being pulled from the ocean on July 19, 2023, near Sea Cabin Pier in the Cherry Grove area.
His father, Michael Letzkus Sr., filed the lawsuit against the City of North Myrtle Beach claiming negligence on the part of the city and lifeguards who failed to see Letzkus in the water that day. Letzkus floated by two lifeguard stands and was nearing a third before he was rescued by another person on the beach one mile from where he originally entered the water, the suit says…