Narrowsburg – Emergency personnel are on the Delaware River, and searching for an 18-year-old who went under while trying to swim across the river at approximately 7:00PM, Wednesday evening.
Sullivan County Undersheriff Eric Chaboty says that the missing swimmer is an assistant scout master, and a resident of Brooklyn, NY. He was with three friends and said he would try and swim across the river from the New York side to the Pennsylvania side - near the Ten Mile River Scout Camp. According to his friends, he made it about a third of the way, and then reportedly went under. His friends tried to save him, but were unsuccessful.
UPDATE 3:00PM EST: The body has been recovered by divers. For more info, read it at CatskillScoop.com.
An employee at one of the canoe and raft rental places told CatskillScoop.com that statistics show that every drowning victim in the Delaware, was not wearing a life jacket when they drowned.
What is his name??
No! Not another story! Ad mosai? Does anyone have a name to daven for?
In the catskill scoop, the 3:00 update says that the search is still ongoing and not found yet.
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