Overview

• Firefighters pulled two people from the water after a paraglider went down off Chinen in Nanjo City early Wednesday afternoon.
• A male employee in his 40s who worked for the paragliding operator was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the Nakagusuku Coast Guard.
• The passenger, a woman in her 20s, was rescued in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest.
• A fisherman called the maritime emergency number 118 to report the crash and an unresponsive person.
• The pair had been riding together on a single paraglider, and authorities are examining the circumstances and confirming their identities.