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The son of a billionaire banker died from injuries caused by the propeller of his yacht, while desperately trying to save his fiancée during a fishing competition in the Florida Keys.
Juan Carlos Escotet Alviarez, the son of 31 years of the president of Banesco with Venezuela-based Juan Carlos Escotet Rodríguez, died Saturday afternoon after jumping into the waters about six miles north of Key Largo, while he and his fiancée Andrea Montero, aged 30, were trying sailfish fishing from a 80 foot boat, reported the Miami Herald.
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Escotet Alviarez jumped into the water to try to save Montero when he fell overboard, but immediately hit the boat’s propeller and died of his injuries, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) report obtained by the newspaper.
The couple participated in a fishing tournament organized by the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.
Escotet Alviarez was the youngest of Escotet Rodr’s children íguez, reported the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional.
Juan Carlos Escotet Alviarez, a graduate of the University of Miami, served as director of Banesco USA and he also had “vast experience” in real estate development throughout the South Florida area, according to the company’s website.
Some media Venezuelans posted tributes online Sunday to Escotet Alviarez, who was supposed to marry Montero in November and be buried in Miami.
Montero, for his On the other hand, he managed to get out of the water “without consequences”, according to an Instagram post by the Venezuelan journalist Angela Oraa.
The fiancée does not remember the moments of the fatal accident, authorities said.
Andrea Montero, from 30 years old, she hit her head at some point when she fell overboard when she and her fiancé were trying to catch a sailfish from a boat of 31 feet, but can’t remember if the injury occurred. when she fell or when she was rescued by the crew, FWC officials told the Miami Herald.
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“Despite how hard it was, I couldn’t tell if it was when he fell or when he came back FWC spokesman Jason Rafter told the newspaper. “She doesn’t remember when it happened.”
She fell off the stern of the boat while backing up, FWC officials said.
Escotet Alviarez and the other fishermen on the boat were likely fighting a fish at the time of the accident, according to authorities.
Her fall approximately six miles off the north shore of Key Largo caused Escotet Alviarez to jump into the water to save her, authorities said.
An investigation into the horrific incident is ongoing and it may be months before additional details are released, according to the newspaper.
But authorities said the boat was moving backwards when Montero fell overboard, indicating the fishermen were likely fighting a fish at the time.
Meanwhile, the fish Professional adorers said that someone falling into the water when a boat is moving backwards can spell disaster in an instant.
“If I am backing up on a fish and someone falls out while the boat is backing up, there’s a real chance they could end up in the propeller,” said Larry Wren, captain of First Choice Charters.
Wren compared it to a car going in reverse with someone on top of its trunk.
“If you fall, you are under the vehicle,” Wren said, adding that anyone who comes into contact with the propellers of a large ship is unlikely to survive. “It is a tragedy, but it can happen any day. It’s the same as a marlin jumping into the boat and spearing someone. Happens.”