Gonzalo Leal, a 56-year-old Uruguayan doctor who tried to fulfill a dream: swimming across the Río de la Plata, died in Ensenada. He swam for more than 13 hours without rest, accompanied by two boats: one for aid and another in which one of his sons, Octavio, was traveling.
Rescued by the aid boat, they realized that his lips were purple and he had almost no vital signs. He suffered cardiac arrest : they performed CPR on him and took him to the coast of Punta Lara.