Last year, all of the people who drowned in the Wenatchee River were not wearing a life jacket, the Chelan County sheriff said.
Rafting, inner tubing, canoeing, kayaking: Wenatchee River is extremely fast and cold.
This is a case in point.
nice to see a good news story: the pig survived.
His son is traumatized for life after seeing his father drown.
Why the hell didn't they wear life jackets?
Over 30 people drown annually in the Wenatchee River because they did not wear life jackets. Each person had family members who are grieving.
I grew up on a lake in Michigan. My parents made everyone wear a life jacket.
These comments are awful. Someone died and you joke about it?! Not cool. The way I see it is that this man loved his pet so much he was willing to do something crazy to protect it. I’m exactly the same way and don’t apologize for being so.
In fact, he loved that animal so much that he placed it insecurely in a flotation tube and put it in a cold, fast-flowing river.
I noticed that the autopsy specified "fresh water drowning." Does saltwater drown you differently? I understand why the state might want to keep track of statistics of location of drowning deaths, but this seems an oddly specific way of phrasing that.
Buoyancy is a big factor when it comes to drowning. In fact, it's really the only factor, so the risks of salt and fresh water are different and I guess they want to be able to view them separately.
River takes care of some of the dumb asses in washington???
I live in the same area. A few years ago my mom was in the ER at this time of year. The doctor came in to her room, and while he was talking to us a nurse ran in and said someone just dived into the river and broke their neck, etc. The doctor just nodded with an expression that said, "That's about right."