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06-17-2006, 07:37 PM
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Ugh!....Another Havasu Channel Fatality !!
Apparently an 8 to 10 year old boy drowned while playing
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The Channel was closed down for a couple hours late in the day while they searched
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They found the boy a while later
Anyone know anything else ?
Very sad
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R.I.P.
CJG
Last edited by SHAKEN Not Stirred : 06-17-2006 at 07:41 PM.
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06-17-2006, 07:39 PM
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How upsetting. There is way too many of these accidents happening so early in the season. Most of them have invloved young children. My heart goes out to the family.
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06-17-2006, 07:52 PM
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06-17-2006, 07:53 PM
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WEB EXTRA: Boy, 10, dies in Bridgewater Channel; Body of missing boater found
BY DAVID BELL
Saturday, June 17, 2006 8:11 PM MDT
At approximately 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Lake Havasu City Police rescue divers searching the Bridgewater Channel recovered the body of Austin Tyler Patin, 10, of Mission Hills, Calif. Cause of death is pending investigation.
The boy was reported missing just after 3 p.m., last seen in the water near his family's boat beach on the mainland side of the south Channel near the inlet of Thompson Bay.
It's the fifth death on Lake Havasu this year, the sixth on the Colorado River. In February a 67-year old California woman died when her watercraft crashed into the lake's shoreline, in April a 14-year old Washington boy died in a two-boat collision near Site Six and during Memorial Day weekend a 17-year old girl died on the river near Circle Beach when she reportedly turned her personal watercraft in front of an oncoming boat.
The body of David Ramsey, 54, of Riverside, Calif. was recovered Saturday. He went missing following the collision of two boats on June 3 near Jopps Harbor Cove. And last weekend 13-year-old Juan Cortez drowned in the designated swimming area of London Bridge Beach Park. Investigations in the circumstances surrounding both Ramsey's and Cortez's death are ongoing.
For more information, see Sunday's print edition of Today's News-Herald.
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06-17-2006, 07:54 PM
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Very sad news. We, as parents, always have to be aware of our children when around water.
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06-17-2006, 08:17 PM
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Very sad, our prayers go out the them.
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06-17-2006, 08:18 PM
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Exactly the news I didn't want to hear tonight. We were there praying they would find him anywhere but the water. Sad Sad news.
Rest in Peace Austin!
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06-17-2006, 08:40 PM
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Such sad news. Too many deaths.
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06-17-2006, 08:40 PM
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Sad news indeed.... 
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06-17-2006, 09:29 PM
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had to wonder. WTF? I am coming out next weekend with my niece and two of her friends, I will be on pins and needles all weekend, just trying to keep them outta trouble and alive. Can't we all just be safe?
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06-17-2006, 09:40 PM
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Man, that is so sad....I really feel for the family.
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06-17-2006, 10:24 PM
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So now I'm just sitting here.................
I just picked up my sound asleep 7 year old boy & 5 year old girl up out of the living room bean-bag chairs, kissed them and tucked them into bed.....after a wonderful, long day of boating.......what a perfect day it was.......Like all Summer days should be......
My wife is sound asleep and.....for the moment.....the whole family is safe..
I'm here at the kitchen table.....on the laptop......trying NOT to imagine the agony and sheer hell that parents and family members are going through at this very minute.......
GOD please comfort the parents and family....and bless that poor little sole......
CJG
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06-17-2006, 10:53 PM
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How awful.
So they found the body of the man that was in the eleiminator in the two boat teacher crash.
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06-17-2006, 11:05 PM
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Under 12 wear a life jacket.....
Under 12 wear a life jacket....
if you can't swim wear a life jacket...
if you can't swim wear a life jacket...
so simple why DONT you do it?
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06-18-2006, 12:05 AM
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Under 12 wear a life jacket.....
Under 12 wear a life jacket....
if you can't swim wear a life jacket...
if you can't swim wear a life jacket...
so simple why DONT you do it?
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06-18-2006, 12:34 AM
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Chris,
It was good to see you earlier. So sorry to hear of this tragedy. We have always put safety over comfort. Our son has very sensitive skin and rubbing up against his vest will inevitably cause a rash. I hate to see him in so much discomfort, but we will always make sure he is safe.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this young soul. We pray some day they find peace. May God keep this young boy close to the throne and forever in his grace.
Life is a flashbulb, blink and you miss it. Hold those dear to you close, every moment of every day!
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06-18-2006, 03:31 AM
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I think it might be a couple of things. First someone said lifejackets. SMART to do so.
That and there is so much going on. So much to see and I think people look at something, pretty girl, hot boat, altercation something and next thing you know someone is missing.
This is a tragedy. Young man had so much life ahead of him.
Everyone please be careful. 
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06-18-2006, 03:33 AM
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Chris,
It was good to see you earlier. So sorry to hear of this tragedy. We have always put safety over comfort. Our son has very sensitive skin and rubbing up against his vest will inevitably cause a rash. I hate to see him in so much discomfort, but we will always make sure he is safe.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this young soul. We pray some day they find peace. May God keep this young boy close to the throne and forever in his grace.
Life is a flashbulb, blink and you miss it. Hold those dear to you close, every moment of every day!
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Back when I was a kid lifejackets had a mesh that would eat the skin right off of ya. My Mom took an old T shirt and cut it down where is rubbed me. Shoulders, upper arm and chest. Like the shirt your wore under your football pads. Long enough to cover, not long enough to look stupid.
Just .02
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06-18-2006, 04:16 AM
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had to wonder. WTF? I am coming out next weekend with my niece and two of her friends, I will be on pins and needles all weekend, just trying to keep them outta trouble and alive. Can't we all just be safe?
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We arrive Sunday for our first week of the season. Having our kids and their friends with us makes the trip that much more special. You really have to  it into their heads about saftey, just like you have to do about everything else.
Don't know the whole story yet, but should NOT happen, period....
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06-18-2006, 07:09 AM
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Chris,
It was good to see you earlier. So sorry to hear of this tragedy. We have always put safety over comfort. Our son has very sensitive skin and rubbing up against his vest will inevitably cause a rash. I hate to see him in so much discomfort, but we will always make sure he is safe.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this young soul. We pray some day they find peace. May God keep this young boy close to the throne and forever in his grace.
Life is a flashbulb, blink and you miss it. Hold those dear to you close, every moment of every day!
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Hey Mark,
Good seeing you too....
Yep!....By the end of each boating day my kids are so rashed up on the hips and under the chin that they can barely move.......
They both have rash guards, but dont like to wear them. By morning they are ready to go again, but during a 3-5 day trip, their skin is a mess......
It's getting hard to keep the vest on my son as he will be 8 very soon and wants to dive and swim with the other, older, boys who aren't wearing PFD's.....At what age do I let him swim without it....12 like Larry said?
Sometimes my son will take it off when were not looking and moan when I tell him to put it back on. He's a great swimmer and does Surf Camp in the Summers and want's to do the Jr Lifeguard thing, but I'm too paranoid to let him take it off for a long period of time....
When we were at Steamboat yesterday I was floating around talking and he swims out to me and grabs on, well, I turn around and he's not weafing his PFD.....Im thinking....this water is deep and if he bumped his head when diving in off the boat, he'd be gone and no one would have seen or heard a thing until it was too late.......
Thats how fast it happens even to the best parents......
Can you over-think this too much ??
Later,
CJG
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06-18-2006, 07:37 AM
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We always have some one take turns watching the kids. My oldest is 17 and my youngest is 13. And even at that we dont let them swim alone. When they are in the water one of us has an eye on them at all times. It is the same with the adults. If one of us is in the water then someone is either in with them or watching them. Accidents can happen to anyone. I think people who are on hot boat all the time are very aware of how many deaths there are due to not wearing pfd's. But a lot of people who are first timers probably dont think much of it figuring they will just watch there kids good. It is a sad thing but I just think some people are not aware of the risk in a lake vs there home pool they are normaly swiming in. I fully expect to see some laws in effect about pfs's on kids in the water as well as the ones we already have for inside the boat. It is a very sad day and the parents will probably never fully enjoy another day of there lives. |
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06-18-2006, 07:39 AM
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I'm speachless.
These death threads are freaking me out.
I'm going to be watching the kids like a hawk this season.
Please be careful out there everybody.
Damn...
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06-18-2006, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by OGShocker
Chris,
It was good to see you earlier. So sorry to hear of this tragedy. We have always put safety over comfort. Our son has very sensitive skin and rubbing up against his vest will inevitably cause a rash. I hate to see him in so much discomfort, but we will always make sure he is safe.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of this young soul. We pray some day they find peace. May God keep this young boy close to the throne and forever in his grace.
Life is a flashbulb, blink and you miss it. Hold those dear to you close, every moment of every day!
Mark
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06-18-2006, 08:20 AM
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Like SNS does, you must teach water safety. Life vests are life savers, but don't rely solely on them.
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06-18-2006, 02:12 PM
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Wow, just when I think I have dealt with the worst day of my life last week with my son, it's like a picnic compared to what these parents must be enduring. I can only imagine the extreme loss they are delaing with. I am proof that horrible things happen to good, safe people. I truly believe these children go swimming and come up and not realize that they are around the boat and bang their heads, what a simple tragedy to avoid. My son who is 2 1/2 years old even wants to put his life jacket on when the boat is on the trailer. I will admit that I have not always made my kids wear their jackets, even though they don't complain, when we are beached because I am always watching them, but after all this I believe I will have to change my outlook on this.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends and those river folks who had to endure the search and witness them bringing the body to shore. I hope I never have to see that in person.
Ed and Kathy
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