Prayers for student after beach resort heart attack

Prayers have been offered in Ballyhooley, Co Cork, for a J1 student from the area who suffered a cardiac arrest on a beach in Ocean City, Maryland.

Philip Leahy, aged 22, got into trouble and had to be rescued from the water at about 7am local time on Wednesday. He had been swimming with friends when he experienced difficulty. The alarm was raised and he was taken from the water by the Ocean City Fire Department. However, he suffered a cardiac arrest on the beach after the rescue.

Philip is in a serious condition at Atlantic General Hospital. His mother Ann has flown to the States to be at his bedside.