Overview

• Juan Cruz Zanaboni, 36, was found unconscious after apnea training in a hotel pool in the Bahamas, received CPR, and was intubated at a hospital in Freeport.
• He remains sedated on assisted ventilation with severe lung injury from a near-drowning, and his family and clinicians indicate ECMO support is required.
• Following insurance hurdles and a lack of beds in Miami, he was airlifted to Cancún for specialized treatment with assistance from Argentina’s foreign ministry.
• Relatives say the medical flight cost about US$60,000 with only half covered by insurance, and hospitalization in Mexico is estimated at roughly US$10,000 per day.
• Fundraising is underway to meet overall costs cited between US$200,000 and US$300,000, as the family notes minor responses but ongoing uncertainty about neurological status.