WHILE RAFTING CATARACT CANYON DECEASED WAS THROWN FROM RAFT AND INTO DANGEROUS RAPIDS.  DECEASED INITIALLY WAS WITH THE RAFT BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON POSSIBLY RELATED TO STAMINA OR CONCERNS OVER BEING ASTHMATIC, DECEASED LET GO OF THE RAFT.  WITHOUT HIGH FLOTATION HE WAS PULLED UNDER THE VIOLENT RAPIDS.  BASED ON EVIDENCE AND WITNESS STATEMENTS IT APPREARS HE DIED FROM PULMONARY ASPHYXIA SECONDARY TO DROWNING
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