OGUNQUIT — Police have identified the Massachusetts man who apparently drowned after falling into the ocean Saturday morning.
Police Chief Patricia Arnaudin, in a news release issued Monday night, identified the victim as Bruce Brodigan, 57, of Somerville, Mass.
Investigators believe that Brodigan lost his footing while walking along Marginal Way – a 1.25-mile-long footpath that runs from Oarweed Cove to Ogunquit Beach.
The footpath winds along the rocky cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The town estimates that more than 100,000 people walk the path each year.
Police said they received a call of a man in the water around 7:30 a.m. Saturday. When emergency crews arrived, Brodigan was too far from shore for crews to reach him.
They were able to locate a boat owned by a local resident in Perkins Cove, which they used to pull Brodigan out of the water.
Police and fire personnel tried to resuscitate him, but Brodigan had to be taken by ambulance to York Hospital, where he died.
Investigators told the Portsmouth Herald that Brodigan was visiting Ogunquit with his husband. A phone call placed to their Somerville home was not returned.
Arnaudin said the incident remains under investigation.
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