A 63-year-old Gwinnett County man died Friday afternoon while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on a trip to Florida, authorities said.
Surfers spotted Rogelio Moreno Gaitan of Lawrenceville floating face down in the water off Destin, about 30 or 40 yards from a restaurant along Scenic Highway 98, Okaloosa County deputies told WMBB.
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First responders pulled Gaitan from the water and tried to resuscitate him, but they were unsuccessful, authorities said.
Family members told police Gaitan had been swimming alone before the drowning.
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The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office told Channel 2 Action News that "in an abundance of caution" the courthouse, located on North McDonough Street in Decatur, was closed for more than an hour.
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