BANGOR, Maine — Despite efforts to resuscitate him, a man from South Portland died Saturday afternoon during a visit to Acadia National Park with his wife and children, a park spokesman said Sunday.
Nathan Savage, 39, had just returned to Ikes Point from a swim across Echo Lake when he collapsed while sitting on a rock around 3 p.m., park spokesman John Kelly said.
Savage’s wife initiated CPR while another park visitor called for help, Kelly said. Shortly afterward, National Park Service rangers and police officers arrived and alternated CPR until an ambulance arrived. Savage, however, died.
Kelly said Savage was taken to the state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.