Re: [Paddlewise] Re[2]: What could have happened..

From: Hank Hays <lhays_at_canby.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 16:23:54 -0800
Jack_Martin wrote:
>     Yeeeaah --- dunno, Ralph.  Poetic justice to tip them over --- maybe? 
>     But don't drag <me> in on this one!  Even in shallows --- maybe more 
>     <importantly> in the shallows --- somebody being sent into immediate 
>     cold shock and then bumping or snagging on the bottom?  

When I was in Chicago (25 years ago?), there was a case of a man and his
son drowning in I think Skokie Lagoons in a rented canoe as people watched
not knowing what to do.  If they'd tried, both swimmers could have stood up
and waded to shore, or people watching could have waded out to help, as the
water was less than 4 feet deep.  It was a warm summer day no less.  

Hank Hays
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