UPDATE: Paddleboarder Pulled From Lake Washington, Dies

UPDATE: The man pulled unresponsive from Lake Washington off Kirkland late Monday morning after falling from a paddleboard has died, says Evergreen Hospital spokesperson Kay Taylor. His family was at his side when he died late Monday afternoon. He has been identified as 35-year-old Tyrone Fabroa, a Kirkland resident.

Waterfront residents on Lake Street South in Kirkland might have saved the life of a young paddleboarder who fell into the choppy waters of Lake Washington Monday morning.

Apparently two residents swam out and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the man after seeing him in the water struggling, said  Detective Allan O’Neill at the scene.

EMTs then arrived, and the man, described as in his 20s, was brought to shore and taken to. He was in critical condition there shortly after noon Monday, said hospital spokeswoman Kay Taylor.

“They are a couple of heroes,” said O’Neill, referring to the pair who saved the man. “We thank them for doing this. It takes a lot to go into the water and do something like this.”

The names of the man and his rescuers were not immediately available, O'Neill said.

The man was in the lake on a paddleboard with a friend on another board in moderately windy conditions and choppy waters when he fell off about 25 feet from shore. Apparently he could not get back on the board.

“He tried to get back on, then went under water,” O’Neill said.

Kirkland Fire Department Battalion Chief Joe Sanford said the man was unresponsive when two EMTs went into the water and pulled him ashore.

“At least one citizen was attempting to do CPR, which was difficult,” Sanford said. "We pulled (the victim) in and transported him to the hospital.”

There was a life jacket on the man’s board, but O'Neill said it was not known if he was wearing it at the time of the accident.

The rescue occurred near a condominium building at 733 Lake Street.

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Redmond Patch Editor Caitlin Moran contributed to this report.