12 year old boy drowns on Elk River (MO)

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12 year old boy drowns on Elk River (MO)

Post by briansauer » Tue May 19, 2015 6:44 am

Pinned in his canoe
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Re: 12 year old boy drowns on Elk River (MO)

Post by Canoe_Codger » Tue May 19, 2015 3:49 pm

This youngster was not wearing a PFD. The first canoeing fatality this year in Missouri reportedly was wearing hers. So while a PFD is no guarantee against a drowning, it certainly puts the odds of survival in one's favor.

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