{"id":13693,"date":"2023-06-14T05:15:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=13693"},"modified":"2023-06-14T05:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T10:15:34","slug":"california-man-drowns-on-honeymoon-in-hawaii-while-thieves-steal-belongings-during-bid-to-save-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=13693","title":{"rendered":"California man drowns on honeymoon in Hawaii while thieves steal belongings during bid to save him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/worlds-endangered-porpoise-hangs-avoiding-extinction-mexicos-gulf-cali-rcna88301\">California\u2002<\/a>man drowned as he was snorkeling with his wife on their honeymoon in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/animal-news\/drone-video-captures-swimmers-harassing-wild-dolphins-hawaii-authoriti-rcna77367\">Hawaii<\/a>&nbsp;last month, with thieves stealing the couple&#8217;s car and belongings as bystanders tried to save him,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/san-jose-man-dies-honeymoon-hawaii\/3249237\/\">NBC Bay Area\u2002<\/a>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven Phan, 49, of San Jose, drowned in the waters off the island of Oahu on June 1, according to the California station and a GoFundMe fundraiser launched to help pay for funeral and burial costs and to support his wife, Brittany Myers Phan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bystanders took Phan to shore and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, and he later died in the hospital, NBC Bay Area reported, citing first responders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the attempt to rescue Phan was underway, the couple&#8217;s car was stolen with their phones, wallets, money and clothes inside, according to NBC Bay Area and the GoFundMe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fundraiser called Phan&#8217;s death &#8220;absolutely devastating.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are all shocked, in disbelief, and heartbroken at the loss of such a great man as Steven,&#8221; it says. &#8220;Steven always found a way to be a part of everyone\u2019s lives, no matter the distance. Steven was a true friend and an amazing husband, Steven will be incredibly missed by all.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Honolulu police spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phan worked for Apple, according to NBC Bay Area. Representatives for the company could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/california-man-drowns-honeymoon-hawaii-thieves-steal-belongings-bid-rcna89019\">Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;California\u2002man drowned as he was snorkeling with his wife on their honeymoon in&nbsp;Hawaii&nbsp;last month, with thieves stealing the couple&#8217;s car and belongings as bystanders tried to save him,&nbsp;NBC Bay Area\u2002reported. Steven Phan, 49, of San Jose, drowned in the waters off the island of Oahu on June 1, according to the California station and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[8461,1189,8463,8462,5585,8460],"class_list":["post-13693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-broadcasting-company","tag-california","tag-drowning","tag-honeymoon","tag-theft","tag-thief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13695,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13693\/revisions\/13695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}