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Local January 28, 2024 | 10:00 am

Marcos Díaz almost died of poisoning after stepping on stonefish

Boca Chica—During a surf session at La Boya, Boca Chica, the outstanding Dominican ultra-distance open water swimmer Marcos Diaz successfully overcame "jabs from the poisonous spines of a stonefish (Scorpaena plumieri)." As he explained in a statement on his Instagram account, the current Reef Check DR Board member, thinking "it was a cut, acted quickly, submerging his foot in hot water to ne... Read more