Indeed!
But, why go all the way to Hawaii for that?A 39-year-old man from Southern California was found dead on the Sheraton Waikiki resort’s pool deck early Tuesday, Hawaii News Now reported.
Investigators told the outlet that he fell to his death while trying to climb from his balcony to the room next door, where his friend was staying, at about 4 a.m.
Hawaii typically sees more drownings as opposed to fatal falls. Earlier this year, KHON2 reported that on Jan. 24, 2022, a 50-year-old visitor from Arizona died at Ke Iki Beach on Oahu’s famous North Shore. Another tourist from Idaho nearly drowned at the same beach a couple weeks earlier but was successfully rescued by lifeguards.
According to the Hawaii State Department of Health’s injury trends report, from 2009 to 2018, ocean drowning was the leading cause of death among visitors at 45.7%, while falls accounted for just 7.8% of fatal injuries. Eighty-seven Californians died during that period by drowning, the most of any other state or country, the Department of Health said.