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  • Commercial Diving Accidents

    Depending on the source you consult, it is estimated that there are from 3,000 to 7,000 commercial divers at work in the United States and in its territorial waters over the course of a year. These divers perform a variety of tasks from simple visual inspection of underwater objects to the construction of seabed pipelines that are designed to carry thousands of crude oil or refined petroleum ...
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  • "Willful" or "Deliberate" Negligence and Drowning Accidents

    As any drowning accident lawyer will confirm, most drowning accidents could have been prevented if someone had been more careful. Even though some drowning accidents are caused by the unwise choices of the victim, far more drowning accidents are the result of someone’s carelessness. In legal terms, what a layman calls “carelessness” is called “negligence.” When an individual (or business) ...
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  • Drowning Victims Finally Identified

    The names of drowning victims who died in boating accidents on the Fourth of July weekend in Waupaca County, Wisconsin were released recently, according to reports. Daniel Nolan, 57, of Manawa WI drowned while trying to capture a boat that had drifted away from him at the Manawa Mill Pond. He was able to grab the rope that attached the boat to the dock, but it pulled him in and he was not able to ...
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  • Last-Minute Schedule Change Lets Sheriff Saves Drowning Man

    Morrow County, Oregon Undersheriff Steve Myren pulled a Walla Walla man from the chilly waters of the Columbia River during a Fourth of July celebration, earlier this month, after filling in at the last minute to help control an overcrowded marina event. Reports say that Myren got a late call to help patrol the marina during the fireworks show, but while on the boat, Myren spotted a woman with ...
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  • Missouri Man Drowns

    Eugene Smith, 26, of Dyersburg, MO, drowned earlier this month at a popular river in Missouri. Reports say Smith was attempting to swim across the river near Van Buren, MO. when he began to struggle in a fast-moving current about halfway across. He was evidently pulled under and never resurfaced. The Missouri State Highway Patrol and Missouri state troopers deployed divers to seacrch for Smith, ...
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  • Drowning Victim Found

    A dive team recovered the body of a four-year-old girl who had been last spotted at the edge of the water at Monterey's County Nacimiento Lake on Sunday, July 3. The girl, Araceli Garcia of Greenfield, had been at the lake with her family when she was reported missing. Once the girl was reported missing, the entrance to the lake was shut down in an attempt to find her. , while members of the ...
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  • Independence Day Drowning Claims Six-Year-Old

    A boy on the beach at Sandy Point State Park in Maryland was playing with a ball in the water when he disappeared beneath the surface and drowned, reports say. The boy, Saquan L. Kennedy, 6, of Baltimore, was with other children playing with the ball in the Chesapeake Bay when he went under, reports say. As soon as he disappeared, Emergency Services was called and rangers and police - along with ...
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  • Foul Play Now Suspected in Drowning

    Ten months after the drowning of an Alberta schoolteacher at Shelter Bay, British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are now classifying the death as a homicide. The victim, Laura Letts Beckett, a 50-year-old elementary schoolteacher from Westlock, Alberta, was fishing from a boat with her husband on Aug. 18, 2010 when she was reported to have fallen overboard into the Upper Arrow Lakes. ...
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  • Off-Duty Fire Fighter Saves Drowning Teen

    A five-year-old Fort Collins, Colorado boy got very lucky recently when an off-duty Poudre Fire Authority firefighter saved his life from a near-drowning. Firefighter Michael Dairon, who was evidently a patron at the same pool where the so-far unidentified youngster went underwater, came the the aid of the boy's father, who had seen him in distress and pulled him from the community pool in eastern ...
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  • Youth Drowns in State Park

    A young Morton, AZ youth died while swimming several yards away from the shore of Roosevelt State Park lake, reports say. The youth, Steven Hackler, 17, reportedly went under water for an instant, came back up in a panic, called for help, went under again and never reappeared. A friend tried to rescue him but failed to find him in the water. The Scott County Emergency Management team, along with ...
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  • Overturned Canoe Causes Drowning Death

    Four males, tossed into the water at Illinois' Rock Cut State Park when their canoe capsized, were the source of an emergency call when one of the men went missing. Illinois Conservation Police were called but were unable to locate the victim. The victim was eventually found when the Loves Park Fire Department arrived and recovered him, reports say. The victim, 17 year old Mitchel Krause of ...
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  • Bodies Found in Lake Accident

    Lake Weir divers found the bodies of two drowning victims at Carney Island Park recently. reports say. Unfortunately, reports also say the victims had evidently gone to the park as a memorial to another family member who died in a Sumter County mining accident. Reports say nine members of the group went out on the lake when two children jumped from the boat to go swimming. One immediately had ...
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  • Boy Rescued After 20 Minutes Under Water

    A 12-year-old boy suffered a near-drowning recently after a hectic 20-minute rescue effort by several Marion County Lake neighbors who helped lake staff rescue the boy at the lake's swimming beach. The boy was reportedly with two other youths who were playing with a dog in the water when one of the boys went under. Emergency services were called, but before crews arrived, lake visitors began ...
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  • Drowning Victims Recovered in Lake Weir

    Two bodies of apparent drowning victims Pauline Yambao, 44, and Kenneth Stephens Sr., 55, were recovered late this spring during the second day of a search in Lake Weir, reports say. Reports say that Yambao, who was Kenneth Sr.'s sister-in-law, was swimming with a young child when he reportedly panicked. When Stephens saw the distress, he jumped in after Yambao and took the child to a nearby boat. ...
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  • Fisherman Possible Drowning Victim in Lake Lagonda

    Lake Lagonda, Florida deputies found the body of a man who may have drowned in the lake last earlier last month, reports say. A 911 call came into emergency services and the Interlachen Police Department, with the caller saying a man was drowning in the lake, reports say. When emergency crews arrived they found no body. But divers searched the lake and eventually found 39-year-old Charles Skeen in ...
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  • Two-Year-Old Survives Near-Drowning - and Long Trip

    Tairino Masters was found floating face-down in a lagoon at Spirits Bay, just after New Year's. The two-year-old was barely breathing when his rescuers dragged him from the water, reports say. To get aid to the child, the Spirits Bay camp manager drove mother and child to a landing where an emergency vehicle picked them up and drove them to where an ambulance met them. From there, the toddler was ...
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  • Toddler Wins Nearly A million Dollars After Near-Drowning

    Sean Ross McGowan, a six-year-old from Dublin who was left with 95% brain damage after he nearly drowned while on an outing in 2007, has settled a court action against for just under a million dollars, reports say. McGowan had wandered away from his group while the caretakers engaged in conversation, reports say. McGowan fell into a Ranelagh Park pond near where the group was walking, only having ...
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  • Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty in Friend's Drowning

    Former police officer Kenneth Reda, 38, plead guilty earlier this month to second degree homicide by vessel, tampering with evidence, violating the oath of a police officer and three counts of making false statements, according to reports. Reda, along with 35-year-old Brent Stephens and Shelly Powell, were returning from dinner at a lakeside dinner when their boat struck a pylon in the water. ...
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  • Off-Duty Firefighter Saves Drowning Canadian Man

    A tragedy was avoided last month when three visitors took swift action to save a drowning man's life at Osoyoos Lake, near Brookvale Campground in Vancouver, Canada last month. When a 39-year-old man began struggling to stay afloat, unable to swim back to shore, he eventually slipped beneath the surface and began to drown, reports say. Seeing the man in trouble, and then watching him slip beneath ...
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