Mendocino County Coroner’s Office identifies abalone diver

The man was diving with a friend off a Gualala beach when he suffered a medical emergency Sunday.|
RANDI ROSSMANN
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

The Mendocino County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday released the name of the San Francisco man who died Sunday while diving for abalone off a Gualala beach.

Victor Segundo De Leon, 56, apparently suffered a medical emergency as he dove with a friend off Cooks Beach, sheriff’s Capt. Greg Van Patten said.

The friend found De Leon floating facedown and swam over to him, finding him alive but unresponsive, Van Patten said. The friend yelled for help and pulled the ?man to the beach, about a quarter-mile effort, according to South Coast Fire Chief Greg Warner.

De Leon was given CPR on the beach but couldn’t be revived, Van Patten said.

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