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Funeral Today for Brasília Psychiatrist Who Died Saving Daughters on Paraná Beach

Officials describe a rescue near a rocky breakwater outside lifeguard posts, with a surfer aiding before an airlift to urgent care where his death was confirmed.

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Overview

  • Anibal Okamoto Júnior, 38, died on Sunday after helping his daughters, reported as 12 and 9, reach the rocks at Matinhos around 6 p.m.
  • The Paraná Fire Department said the drowning occurred in an area beyond the operational reach of lifeguard stations near an espigão.
  • A surfer provided initial aid, rescue teams removed him from the water, and a helicopter took him to the Praia Grande UPA, where he did not survive.
  • The psychiatrist lived and worked in Brasília in the SES-DF and also served patients at a CAPS in Valparaíso de Goiás.
  • CRM-DF, SES-DF and the Valparaíso municipality issued condolences, and a wake in Brasília was scheduled for December 24.