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Man drowns in Delaware & Raritan Canal while canoeing
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2010
A 26-year-old Plainsboro resident drowned in the Delaware & Raritan Canal on Sunday afternoon after his canoe capsized directly south of campus.
The incident occurred on a stretch of the canal less than one quarter of a mile south of Harrison ...
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How about giving some credit to PFARS or PFD?
This is so sad. My heart goes out to the victim's family.
I agree with AC.
And how about mentioning that the entire scene (coordinating with agencies from three counties with 40-50 rescue vehicles on scene and about 100 rescuers in total, a helicopter in the air, and several water rescue teams in the canal) was managed by a Princeton student.
I would give praise to the passer-bys who attempted the rescue.
I was there when the first two police officers arrived.
About 5 to 10 people were swimming in the cold and murky water
searching for the victim and chasing bubbles for at least 20
minutes, including one woman shivering from cold. I did not see
any clear immediate rescue attempts from the offices. More and more
professionals arrived, but again none of them showed any attempt of
an urgent rescue.
Was the victim unable to swim? It's unclear to me how someone could drown in the narrow, slow-moving water of the canal. Can you explain a bit how this happened exactly?
I did not see how it happened at the beginning. I hope the victim's friends and others will explain, and I also hope the police will explain findings from autopsy and explain why they did not get in the water. May be the water is indeed that dangerous? But they did not ask the non-professional rescuers to get out of water either.
Daily Princetonian, can we get a follow-up story here to answer the questions of how the guy drowned, whether the canal is safe, how deep it is, etc? If this is the first time in 32+ years this has happened, it deserves a bit more explanation.
This is the 3rd drowning in local waters in 3 weeks...so sad,because each of these deaths could easily have been prevented with life preservers.
I don't want to sound insensitive, but I'm with 'Princeton Resident' - How could some one drown in that part of the canal? I've gone running past heaps and its only a few metres wide with virtually no current. It didn't look that deep to me either, but I can't say I've gone swimming in it so wouldn't know for sure.