DAMMAM, 24 March — A police officer died here on Thursday while trying to rescue a citizen who was drowning, Al-Bilad reported yesterday. The paper said the policeman jumped into the sea near Half-moon Beach when he saw a person fighting for his life in the sea. But he could not swim across the distance to the shore holding the man in distress. The policeman died before Civil Defense men arrived for his aid, the paper said. However, his mission was successful as the man was brought back to the shore alive.