10-01-12 GLOUCESTER, MA Body of missing kayaker recovered off Marblehead coast wickedlocal.com (10-03-12) The body of missing kayaker Maryan Lisovich, formerly of Marblehead, was found this past Mon. (10-01) about 7 nautical mi. from Gloucester. The crew of a fishing boat spotted the body around 3:30 p.m. Mon., and a USCG vessel brought the body to its Gloucester station before transporting it to the Chief Medical Examiner in Boston for identification. Lisovich, 23, of Lynn went missing while kayaking off the coast of Swampscott on Sept. 8. His girlfriend had reported him missing at 7 p.m., and by sunset the next day, the CG had called off the search. Lisovich was reportedly not wearing a lifejacket, and several storms had created rough waters and strong currents, all of which played a part in the CG’s decision to suspend the search. Lisovich’s kayak was discovered a few days after he went missing. His ties to Marblehead were strong after emigrating from Ukraine while he was in elementary school. The following agencies assisted in both the initial search for the Lisovich as well as the recovery of his body: USCG, State Police Marine Unit, State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Essex District Attorney’s Office, State Police Crime Scene Services, Swampscott PD, Salem and Quincy Police Dive Teams, Massachusetts Environmental Police, and the Swampscott and Marblehead harbormasters.
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10-05-12 BALLARD, WA One man dies after boating collision in Puget Sound seattletimes.com (10-05-12) A 76-y/o man died after a yacht and fishing boat collided off the coast of Ballard Fri. afternoon (10-05), according to the Seattle PD. A 44-ft. yacht called The Shelmar collided with an aluminum skiff, according to the USCG. Police say 2 men were ejected from the 16-ft. vessel in the collision, which happened about a mi. from shore. Occupants of the yacht rescued the men from the water while a nearby Squamish Tribal Police boat arrived to help. When medics arrived around 4:30 p.m., they found 2 men on the shore. Efforts to resuscitate one man were unsuccessful and another man in his 70s was sent in stable condition to Harborview Med. Center. The CG found the skiff overturned near Port Madison and are searching nearby waters for any possible pollution resulting from the collision, said CG spokesman Shawn Eggert. Both boats were brought back to the Shilshole Bay Marina in Ballard. No signs of impairment were observed in the man operating the yacht at the time of the collision. The Seattle PD and USCG are investigating.
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10-05-12 ANNAPOLIS, MD Boat Fire On The Severn wbal.com (10-05-12) If you were driving eastbound on Rt 50 over the Severn River Bridge about 10:30 Fri. morning (10-05-12) and saw a large fire to your left, it was a boat fire. Anne Arundel Co. fire officials say a 34-ft. cabin cruiser caught fire on a boat lift onWinchester Beach Drive. The flames were visible from The Severn River Bridge. Fire units from Anne Arundel Co., The City of Annapolis and the US Naval Academy battled the blaze. The cause remains under investigation.
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10-07-12 BOGUE INLET, NC Boaters Rescued By Good Samaritans witn.com (10-07-12) The North Carolina USCG says 2 people are safe following rescue by Good Samaritans, after their boat flipped over in the Bogue Inlet. Officials say a 24-ft. small boat was launched from Emerald Isle in reponse to where the call came from about a 16-ft. boat being overturned. When they arrived, Good Samaritans had already recovered the 2 people from the water. Both of the boaters are said to be in good condition and were taken back to Emerald Isle to await family members. The call came in around 5:27 Sat. evening (10-06). A safety broadcast is being issued by the CG. The overturned boat has been anchored in the Bogue Inlet until the owners decide what they want to do with it.
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10-06-12 NORWALK, CT Two women rescued after their boat becomes disabled thehour.com (10-06-12) Two women are safe after the Norwalk Fire and Police Marine divisions, along with the USCG rescued them from a disabled boat 2 mi. off of the Norwalk coastline. The Norwalk combined dispatch center received a call from the CG at 1:25 p.m. Sat. (10-06) requesting Norwalk FD’s Marine Division to respond to a distress call for a 21' sailboat that had broken its mast, causing it to loose its sails and rigging, rendering it unable to move or steer. Deputy Chief Christopher King said Norwalk Fire and Police Marine divisions ran their boats to the scene 1 1/2 mi. S. of Greens Ledge. Greens ledge is a lighthouse on the W. side of Sheffield Island and is about 2 mi. off Norwalk. Conditions at the time of the call were overcast with a SW wind blowing 15-20 kts. and seas were 4 ft. The 2012, 21' Pogo sailboat, valued at $85,000, was in a Regatta and was being operated by 2 female sailors when the boat became disabled in approximately 100-ft. of water. Upon arrival of the Norwalk Fire's Marine unit, a CG Boat was on scene and had placed 2 of its crew members on the disabled boat. Norwalk Fire and Police units stabilized the boat's position to withstand the rough conditions in the Sound by slowly towing it into the wind. The Fire Boat then towed the disabled boat into Sheffield Harbor so the crews could remove all of the boat’s rigging from the water.
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10-08-12 MIAMI, FL Body Of Missing Man Found Off Haulover Beach cbslocal.com (10-08-12) Divers recovered the body of a 21-y/o man Mon. (10-08) who vanished after a small boat capsized off Haulover Park. After an extensive search by the USCG, the Florida FWC officers and several police agencies, Angel Bello’s body was found on the ocean floor not far from where the boat capsized early Mon. morning. Bello and his friend 20 y/o Jonathan Rodriguez headed out on a fishing trip just after 5:30 a.m. Their boat, approximately 15 ft. in length, began to take on water and capsized east of Haulover Park. “That cut is notorious for being pretty aggressive and very violent as you’re going out,” said Officer Jorge Pino, of the FWC. Rodriguez was able to make it to shore and call for help. He was taken to the FWC office on NE 151st Street where he was questioned about what happened. At least 5 agencies using 3 helicopters, boats and jet skis searched for about 7 hrs. After about 6 hrs. of coming up with nothing, FWC officials took Rodriguez out on a boat to pinpoint where his tiny boat had capsized. “He put us right on the spot where he thought he last saw his friend alive and from that we put divers in the water and we were able to find him shortly there after,” said Pino.
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10-06-12 BUTTE COUNTY, CA Father, infant son die in tragic boating accident on Biggs, Calif. Pond news10.net (10-08-12) A father and his infant son tragically lost their lives in what was supposed to be a fun outing in Biggs on Sat. (10-06). The 53-y/o man and his 2-y/o son were in an inflatable boat on a pond at the wildlife area on Palm Avenue when the boy fell into the water. The man jumped into the water to save his son and grabbed him, but was unable to get the boy or himself back into the boat. Sergeant Jeff Young of the Butte Co. Sheriff's Dept. said when emergency personnel arrived at the scene shortly after 4:45 p.m., the man had been pulled to shore. Responders performed CPR but were unable to revive him and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The child, who was still in the water when crews arrived at the pond, was retrieved and taken to Gridley Hosp., where he was pronounced deceased shortly thereafter. The boy was wearing a life vest at the time of the incident, but the father was not, Young said.
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10-06-12 KEY WEST, FL Dog, owner reunited after boat accident in Keys sacbee.com (10-07-12) A boating accident that separated an owner from her dog in the Florida Keys this weekend now has a happy ending. A small boat hit a bridge piling near mile marker 60 on Sat. (10-06). Monroe Co. Sheriff's officials said the driver of the boat and her dog were both thrown from the water. Other people onboard the boat suffered minor injuries. The woman was rescued but the dog, a yellow lab, was missing. Employees from nearby Sundance Watersports jumped on wave runners and went searching for the dog and eventually brought him to shore and reunited him with his owner.
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10-08-12 MADERA COUNTY, CA Drowning reported at Madera County's Hensley Lake fresnobee.com (10-08-12) Madera Co. Sheriff's officials confirmed the drowning Mon. (10-08) of a man at Hensley Lake. Sheriff's officials got a call just before 3 p.m. from bystanders at the Hidden View boat ramp. They said they heard someone screaming, but were unable to see anyone. The same witnesses said they saw a boat near the dock floating away. The sheriff's office recovered the man's body near a boating dock about 6 p.m. He was found in about 8 ft. of water. The identity of the man is not being released pending notification of his family.
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10-07-12 MAQUOKETA, IA Authorities say man drowned in eastern Iowa river after his boat capsized Sunday morning therepublic.com (10-07-12) A man drowned in an eastern Iowa river Sun. (10-07) after his small boat capsized. The man drowned in the Wapsipinicon River about 5 mi. S. of the town of Wyoming. The Jones Co. Sheriff's office says 60-y/o Douglas Berkhoff and 52-y/o Wylie Tredway were fishing together before the accident. Neither man was wearing a lifejacket. Officials say emergency responders pulled Tredway from the water shortly after they arrived but could not revive him. He died at the scene. Berkhoff was taken to a hosp. in Maquoketa for treatment of injuries that aren't expected to be life threatening.
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10-07-12 GRAND MARAIS, MN Couple found dead near canoe identified sacbee.com (10-09-12) Cook County sheriff's officials have identified 2 people found dead near their capsized canoe in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Authorities say the victims are a couple from Forest Lake - 55-y/o Thomas Pineault and 51-y/o Cynthia Pineault. Both were wearing lifejackets when their bodies were found Sun. afternoon (10-07) in the water near the Sawbill Lake entrance to the Boundary Waters. Officials say windy conditions and a temperature drop could have been factors in their deaths.
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10-05-12 HENNEPIN COUNTY, MN Richfield man dies after canoe accident startribune.com (10-05-12) A man from Richfield died Fri. night (10-05) after he went under water when his canoe capsized earlier in the day at Snelling Lake in Fort Snelling State Park. Another man who also fell in the lake swam to shore and was treated at the scene, said Lisa Kiava, a spokeswoman for the Hennepin Co. Sheriff's Office. Kiava said the pair were fishing when their canoe capsized. A call came in to police dispatchers at 8:40 a.m. The police and fire depts at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport responded, along with the Hennepin Co. Sheriff's Office. The firefighters put a boat out on the lake and recovered the man underwater. He was taken to United Hosp. in critical condition. He died Fri. night. The names of the 2 men have not yet been released.
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10-05-12 CHARLES COUNTY, MD Man drowns after kayak overturns somdnews.com (10-08-12) A 30-y/o Charlotte Hall man drowned while fishing late Fri. afternoon (10-05) after his kayak overturned on Trinity Lake in Allens Fresh, the Charles Co. Sheriff’s Office reported. Raymond Yoder, 30, went underwater and did not resurface after his kayak overturned. He was not wearing a PFD and authorities believe his drowning was accidental. Sheriff’s officers and members of the Mechanicsville, Hughesville and Newburg VFDs arrived at the scene at 5:31 p.m. after one of Yoder’s relatives, who was watching from the shoreline, called for help. An initial search for Yoder was unsuccessful. The Charles Co. Dive and Rescue Team responded and, using sonar equipment, found Yoder’s body about 2 hrs. later.
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10-05-12 PORT CANAVERAL, FL Child dies after falling off wakeboard in Banana River clickorlando.com (10-05-12) A child has died after falling off a wakeboard near Port Canaveral, according to police. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. Fri. (10-05) in the area of "Ski Island" in the Banana River. The child was riding on the wakeboard and being pulled by a jetski. The child, believed to be 4 y/o, was taken to the Cape Canaveral Hosp. on a trauma alert, according to Brevard Co. Fire Rescue officials. He died at the hosp., and police said they are investigating the boy's death as a drowning. Investigators are interviewing the man who tried to save the child by performing CPR. The identity of the victim won't be released pending the notification of out-of-state family members, police said.
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10-05-12 ISLAND PARK, ID Four boaters rescued in challenging conditions rexburgstandardjournal.com (10-08-12) Four people from Idaho Falls were rescued Fri. evening (10-05) after their boat became stranded on Henry's Lake due to high winds whipping up the waves. Two men, a woman and an 8-y/o boy were on an aluminum jet boat that was unable to make it back to the dock. All the searchers and the people they set out to rescue are safe, but the private boat and one search and rescue boat were damaged during what rescuers termed a “long, cold ordeal,” that lasted into the early hours of Sat. morning (10-06). After a report about the boaters in trouble came in about 6:40 p.m. Fremont County Search and Rescue responded along with a Fremont Co. deputy. Rescuers determined that the stranded boat had been launched at a dock on the SW corner of the lake and got pushed up against cliffs on the S. edge of the lake. The 4 people abandoned their boat and climbed from the lake where a sheriff's deputy got them into his warm vehicle. The deputy guided the search team in their boat to the stranded boat, but then the search boat began taking on water and the crew had to tie it off at the shore. The winds were causing choppy waves and spray and as the evening progressed the temperatures, which were barely above freezing when search and rescue put in on the lake, continued to drop. Brett Mackert, the commander of Fremont Co. Search and Rescue, and Fremont Co. Sheriff Len Humphries then came up from St. Anthony with a larger rescue boat. While the larger boat was towing the original stranded boat, the smaller boat capsized. Searchers got it loaded on its trailer and the rescued party was able to drive home. Working well into Sat. morning, search and rescue members recovered their smaller boat, which also capsized while under tow and sustained engine damage that is still being assessed.
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