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12 year old boy drowns on Elk River (MO)

Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 6:44 am
by briansauer
Pinned in his canoe
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Re: 12 year old boy drowns on Elk River (MO)

Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:49 pm
by Canoe_Codger
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.