A 79-year-old Spanish national died on Saturday during a zip lining trip at Antigua Rainforest with his girlfriend.
David Sanderson and his partner, Jean Gillot, arrived in Antigua and Barbuda on the Celebrity Silhouette that morning.
As part of their island tour, the couple visited the popular attraction in Fig Tree Drive and decided to spend time zip lining above the rainforest canopy.
Their planned day of fun and sightseeing took a terrible turn, however, when Sanderson collapsed and became unresponsive.
CPR was performed on the elderly man while Emergency Medical Services was summoned.
According to reports, efforts to resuscitate Sanderson en route to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre (SLBMC) were unsuccessful.
He is believed to have died before arriving at the hospital, sometime around 11:25am.
Unconfirmed reports indicate that Sanderson had a history of hypertension and had a pacemaker implanted in his chest.
After pronouncing Sanderson dead, a doctor at SLBMC ordered his body removed to a funeral home pending an autopsy.
