ON 9/18/2011 AT APPROX 1215PM victim WAS A PASSENGER OF A RAFT ON THE COLORADO RIVER. victim AND THE OARSMAN WERE EJECTED FROM THE RAFT WHEN IT STRUCK A WAVE IN LAVA FALLS RAPID. RESCUE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AND victim WAS EVENTIALLY PUSHED TO SHORE BY ANOTHER RAFT. THE OARSMAN OF THE SECOND RAFT DID NOT ASSIST victim OUT OF THE RIVER INTO THEIR BOAT OR ALL THE WAY ONTO SHORE BEFORE LEAVING victim TO ASSIST THE OARSMAN OF the ORIGINAL RAFT. MOMENTS LATER victim WAS OBSERVED FLOATING FACE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER FLOATING DOWNSTREAM. victim WAS RECOVERED AND RESUSCITATION EFFORTS BEGAN. AFTER A SHORT TIME, CPR WAS STOPPED AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WAS CONTACTED. BODY WAS FLOWN BY NPS HELICOPTER FROM THE SCENE TO THE SOUTH RIM HELI BASE. AN AUTOPSY WAS COMPLETED AND CAUSE OF DEATH IS LISTED AS A RESULT OF DROWNING.
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