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Report ID# 4382

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  • PFD Fell Off
  • Does not Apply
  • High Water

Accident Description

Drowning (raft) 9/28/75

Sockem - Dog - Monroe Sanders, 23, New Bern, NC fell out of raft in high water and was caught in a log. PFD surfaced 10 minutes after victim disappeared.  Body  was recovered 12 days later.

Source: USFS

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