The community is supporting Catalina Sosa, who is raising funds to to send her brother, David Sosa (39), back to El Salvador after he died in a tragic accident while remodeling a pool at a Potomac home earlier this month. Over $3,000 have been raised since the fundraiser was launched last week.
According to the GoFundMe, David Sosa drowned while remodeling a pool in Potomac on Monday, July 17th. The death was confirmed by MoCo360, who reported that Montgomery County Fire and Rescue units were called to the scene and found Sosa, who had been removed from the water, in cardiac arrest. CPR was rendered in an attempt to save Sosa, but he did not make it. Sosa is remembered as a “wonderful soul” who was a “friend to many, an uncle, and a son.” More below courtesy of the GoFundMe:
“Hello everyone, I am listing this GoFundMe for my brother who drowned while working on remodeling a pool.
It is with a heavy heart that we have come to lose a wonderful soul from this earth. David Sosa was my brother, a friend to many an uncle and a son. My brother did not have a wife or kids. This tragic loss has variously impacted us all. My brother’s life was cut short during a horrific and traumatic event that happened on Monday July 17, 2023 my brother was on the job while this incident happened, he was remodeling a pool in Potomac MD when he drowned. He was with another worker who mentioned to the detectives on my brother’s case that he tried to help in many ways. The person that was working with my brother went to get the homeowner who called 911, by the time the paramedics came it was too late and he passed away. My brother has been transferred to Baltimore medical center for an autopsy.
Due to this unexpected incident and the unforeseen financial circumstances that we have been hit with, we are asking for help to be able to pay for my brother’s funeral costs. As we do have to send him back to his home country in El Salvador.
We appreciate any assistance anyone can give to help us send him to my dad and his mom in El Salvador as he would have wanted to be buried in his home country What we can raise will be used for the funeral and any medical expenses that we would need to pay. I will add the autopsy updates once we receive them.
Thank you all in advance!”
Featured photo courtesy of the GoFundMe.