Accident Database

Report ID#65361

2005-07-14
accident date
Pnina Ganzfried
victim
32
victim age
Delaware
river
Hancock to Port Jervis
section
Near PondEddy
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
II
river difficulty
Health Problem
cause code(s)
Other
injury type(s)
Other
factors
Commercial
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

On July 14th, 32 year-old Pnina Gazfried was floating the Upper Delaware River with some friends. The National Park Service Morning Report said that the accident occurred near Pond Eddy, NY, about a mile below the Roebling Bridge. Ms. Gazfried suffered some sort of seizure and fell backwards into the river, which was only a foot deep, still wearing her PFD. But by the time her friends had pulled her back into the raft, she was dead. http://www.outdoors-411.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=16002&sid=9f4c4068798c3e5b00d905ce87c86aa2