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Report ID# 979

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Accident Description

AW Journal Article:  Accident Repport: Butch Bilbro by Bob Lantz
www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Journal/show-page/issue/4/page/139/year/1975/

Butch Bilbro, 27, was running Rock Garden Rapid on the obed when his canoe flipped. While swimming the rest of the rapid with his canoe his foot became trapped. He was pushed under water and drowned.

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