Robert De Vos Burchart, of Switzerland, drowns at Gibson Beach in Sagaponack, police say
A Swiss man reported missing after swimming at Gibson Beach in Sagaponack was found unresponsive and could not be resuscitated, police said Tuesday.
Southampton Town police said the incident occurred on Oct. 4 and said the swimmer was later identified as Robert De Vos Burchart, 73, of Switzerland.
In a news release about the incident made Tuesday, police said a 911 caller reported De Vos Burchart missing at about 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 and said two officers, as well as detectives, marine unit officers and responders from the Bridgehampton Fire Department and ambulance crews joined the search. De Vos Burchart was found unresponsive on the beach off Gibson Lane.
Police said CPR was started at the scene, but De Vos Burchart was later pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital.
Additional details were not immediately available.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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