Authorities have identified the Arkansas tourist who drowned at a Florida beach Monday.
Nori Bracho of Rogers was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico at Henderson Beach State Recreational Area in Destin, Fla., about 12:30 p.m. when she realized she could no longer touch the bottom and panicked, the Okaloosa County sheriff's office said.
Bystanders pulled the 70-year-old from the water and performed CPR until emergency workers arrived.
She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
State Desk on 08/09/2017