ON 4/13/2011 DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL FROM A CELL PHONE AND CALLER ADVISED A CANOE HAD CAPSIZED WITH THREE PASSNGERS IN THE WATER AND TWO HAD MADE IT OUT SAFE. THE CALLER WAS ONE OF THE SURVIVING PASSENGERS. PASSENGER ADVISED HE AND TWO OTHERS PUT IN A CANOE AND WERE GOING TO FLOAT TO THE NEXT TOWN. WHEN VESSEL WENT THROUGH THE NARROWS ABOVE THE CREEK, THE CANOE CAPSIzED AND ONE PASSENGER WAS STILL IN THE WATER. ALL THREE PERSONS ON BOARD STAYED WITH THE CANOE FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN ALL PERSONS ON BOARD SEPERATED. THE TWO SURVIViNG PERSONS ON BOARD MADE IT TO SHORE WHILE THE DECEAsED STATED THAT HE DIDNT HAVE THE STRENGHTH TO SWIM ANYMORE BEFORE HE DISAPEARED AND WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL SEARCH AND RECUE DIVERS RECOVERED THE  DECEAsED  PASSENGER TWELEVE DAYS LATER WITH SONAR EQUIPMENT. PFD'S WERE NOT BEING WORN AND ALCOHOL DID NOT PLAY A ROLL IN THIS FATAL ACCIDENT.
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