Tragic reason woman, 22, waded into Puerto Rico ocean where she drowned

A 22-year-old women from Indiana drowned portion connected abrogation successful Puerto Rico aft she went into the h2o to rescue her woman and became caught up successful a beardown rip current. 

Cimone (Alicea) Dawson had been visiting Condado Beach successful San Juan connected the tropical land with her woman and different person erstwhile they abruptly got into difficulties.

Dawson, from Indianapolis, wasted nary clip successful rushing retired into the oversea successful bid to effort and prevention her girlfriend, but past tragically got into occupation herself astir 6:30pm connected Sunday.

The United States Coast Guard searched for 2 days until they recovered Dawson 'submerged and unresponsive'. She was pronounced dormant connected Monday.

Meanwhile, her woman was rescued and helped backmost to enactment by some the authorities and locals beachgoers.

Bystanders archetypal reported proceeding screams and saw radical successful distress successful the water. 

The Coast Guard who searched for Dawson from the aerial and sea, accidental it was section authorities who yet managed to find Dawson's body.

A GoFundMe account has been acceptable up to assistance with ceremonial expenses and with bringing her assemblage backmost to the mainland. 

'That's conscionable the benignant of idiosyncratic she was,' said Dawson's cousin, Siajhanai Wean to WSAZ.

'Even if I was connected that formation and Cimone, seeing her loved 1 struggling, I couldn't adjacent get Cimone not to spell backmost into the water. 

'Her woman was starting to drown. She ran retired determination to prevention her girlfriend. It was different household members excessively successful the h2o that needed saved, which bystanders assistance assisted, but it was 3 of them successful the h2o struggling. The 2 of them the bystanders got, and portion Cimone was connected the mode to her girlfriend, the existent took her,' Wean explained to WTHR. 

'I felt sick to my stomach. I felt similar determination were truthful galore words that I privation I could person said. I felt similar I couldn't breathe,' different of Dawson's cousins said to the station.   

Dawson loved to question with Puerto Rico being 1 of her favourite destinations. She had gone to the land unneurotic with her woman to observe a birthday.

'They've been determination 5 times successful the past 3 years. We usually question to antithetic places, but they emotion Puerto Rico. They perpetually spell back,' Wean said. 

'I consciousness similar my household tin ne'er get a break. Every time, there's something, and erstwhile we accommodate to it, thing other happens. So, I don't deliberation anyone was prepared for this,' she added.

The Coast Guard's X relationship shared a assets from the National Weather Service with proposal connected surviving a rip current.

People caught successful a beardown existent are advised not to panic.

'Rip currents volition not propulsion you nether the water.'

People should not effort to aquatics against the current, towards the beach, to flight - but aquatics retired of the current, parallel to the beach.

If 1 cannot flight the current, purpose to interval portion yelling and waving for help.

Some 80 per cent of formation rescues each twelvemonth impact rip currents, according to the United States Lifesaving Association. 

'We widen are astir heartfelt condolences to the household and friends of this young pistillate and commune they find spot and closure during this astir hard time,' said Cmdr. Matthew Romano, Coast Guard Search and Rescue ngo coordinator for the case. 

'I would similar to widen my appreciation to the bystanders and on-scene authorities for their actions which saved 2 lives and to each the Coast Guard units and exigency effect partners for their professionalism, dedication, and tireless efforts during the search.'