21-Year-Old Survives Near Drowning After Going at Least 5 Minutes Without a Pulse, Authorities Say

The victim, identified by local media outlets as Felipe Ribeiro Desouza, has since "made a full recovery"

• Authorities in Florida said a 21-year-old man went at least five minutes without a pulse before he was resuscitated following a near drowning incident on March 30

• Felipe Ribeiro Desouza was reportedly caught in a riptide off of New Smyrna Beach and swept out to sea, where he lost consciousness and his heart stopped beating

• The man regained his pulse just as the ambulance he was in arrived at a local hospital, according to New Smyrna Beach Fire Department

A 21-year-old man has “made a full recovery” after he nearly drowned off a Florida beach and spent at least five minutes without a pulse, according to local authorities.

Felipe Ribeiro Desouza was in the water at New Smyrna Beach on Saturday, March 30 when he was caught in a riptide swept out to sea, according to Fox affiliate WSVN and NBC affiliate WESH.

The swimmer was pulled “about 100 yards out in the ocean” by the current, and was “unresponsive with no pulse” when lifeguards brought him to shore, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said in a release posted to Facebook.

Body camera footage shared by the VCSO shows the moment Ribeiro Desouza was brought to shore on a stretcher. It later shows crews doing CPR on the victim before he is loaded into an ambulance waiting on the beach.

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At a press conference, also shared by the VCSO, Dalton Smith, a lifeguard with the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue, said the main thing he thought about was to “work fast.”

Two boogie boarders had picked up Ribeiro Desouza’s body and put him on one of their boards before they connected with Smith in the water, according to WESH. Deputy Stan Manhart began CPR before the victim was back to shore.

The man was without a pulse for about five to seven minutes, said New Smyrna Beach Fire Department driver and engineer Ty Tarnow, per WESH and WSVN.

Ribeiro Desouza regained his pulse just as the ambulance arrived at the hospital, Tarnow said at a press conference shared by the VCSO. He later revealed that Ribeiro Desouza has “made a full recovery” following the scary incident, adding, “It’s just a miracle this young man was able to pull through.”

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The VCSO thanked ocean rescue lifeguards, deputies, the New Smyrna Beach FD and the team at AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach for their “quick actions” in response to the incident.

Tarnow also applauded the first responders who handled the case. “It was amazing to see all the departments in the area come together to do such great life saving procedures,” he said at the press conference.

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