( 4UMF NEWS ) Woman Dies Parasailing:
A Connecticut man watched his wife plummet to her death after her harness snapped while they were parasailing together while on vacation in Florida on Wednesday.
Stephen Miskell, 31, and Kathleen Miskell, 28, were soaring some 200 feet above the waters off Pompano Beach at about 3:15 p.m. when Kathleen’s harness broke, firefighters told the Miami Herald.
The boat’s operators quickly reeled Stephen Miskell in and circled back to pick up his wife, who was floating face down in the water, authorities said.
Kathleen Miskell was in cardiac arrest, and the boat crew performed CPR until they were met by paramedics ashore, firefighters said.
She was rushed to North Broward Health Center, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The couple was from Wethersfield, where Kathleen Miskell worked for the school system and her husband own a tiling company, friends told the Herald.
“They were very nice friendly people,” Connecticut neighbor Kristy Pierce told the Sun Sentinel. “They moved in a few months ago.
“I actually just brought some cupcakes over to them when they first moved in and they were very excited, very friendly. They invited us over.”
The parasailing company, Wave Blast Water Sports, which operates out of the Sands Hotel, didn’t comment on the accident.
