APRIL 27, 2015
A second U.S. Navy SEAL has died after a mishap while
training in a swimming pool at a Virginia military base, according to media
reports on Monday.
Both members of the Navy's elite sea, air, and land teams
were working out in the pool at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort
Story in Virginia Beach when the incident took place on Friday, said Navy
spokesman Lieutenant David Lloyd.
Their bodies were found at the bottom of the pool by another
service member, and they were rushed to a civilian hospital, he said.
Media reports identified the serviceman pronounced dead on
Friday as Special Warfare Operator First Class Seth Cody Lewis, 32, of New York
City.
Reports identified his colleague, who was hospitalized in
critical condition and died on Sunday, as Special Warfare Operator First Class
Brett Allen Marihugh, 34, of Livonia, Michigan.
An investigation into their deaths is continuing. Most people think that something happened to
these two soldiers, some kind of a freak accident, as these are highly skilled
individuals and it is difficult to hear two of them dying inside a pool at the
same time.
We lost two of our best soldiers. RIP.