Student passes away after swimming accident in US

A young Cork man on a student working visa in the US has died following a swimming accident last week.

Student passes away after swimming accident in US

Philip Leahy, aged 22, from Ballyhooly, North Cork, suffered a cardiac arrest after being rescued from the sea last Wednesday. He had been on life support in a local hospital since then.

Philip’s mother Ann and brothers William and Patrick had kept vigil at his bedside at a hospital in Ocean City, Maryland over the weekend. However, he passed away last night.

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