AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 ON 6/26/2009, A GROUP OF 10 BOY SCOUTS AND LEADERS WERE NAVIGATING THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON IN WYOMING.  ALL WERE IN THE SAME INFLATABLE RAFT, AND WEARING LIFE JACKETS (PFD'S).  THE RAFT ENTERED "THREE OAR DEAL" A LARGE RECIRCULATING LEDGE FEATURE THAT APPEARS AT WATER LEVELS ABOUT APPX. 15,000 CFS.  WHILE IN THE FEATURE, TWO ADULT LEADERS WERE WASHED OUT OT THE RAFT.  ONE ADULT WAS ABLE TO SWIM AWAY FROM THE RECIRCULATING WATER, WHILE THE VICTIM WAS CAUGHT IN THE FEATURE.  THE VICTIM SURFACED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE TRYING TO SWIM FREE.  AFTER MULTIPLE MINUTES STUCK IN THE FEATURE, THE VICTIM'S LIFE JACKET FLOATED FREE FROM HIS BODY.  THE VICTIM'S BODY FLOATED FREE OF THE FEATURE SOON AFTER.  HIS PARTY WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE HIM AND GET HIM TO SHORE WHERE CPR WAS ATTEMPTED AFTER BEING IN THE WATER APPX. 5-10 MINUTES.  PASSING PARTIES SECURED THE VICTIM TO A CRAFT THAT CPR COULD BE PERFORMED ON, AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO AN AREA WHERE HE COULD BE MORE EASILY EXTRACTED TO THE HIGHWAY.  CREWS CONTINUED CPR WITH AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) UNTIL AN AMBULANCE ARRIVED.  THE VICTIM WAS PUT ON A BACKBOARD AND TAKEN UPHILL TO THE AMBULANCE.  THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL AFTER TRANSPORT TO JACKSON, WYOMING.  NO ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE WAS SUSPECTED.

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