There's been a lot of water rescues so far this year, and it's not even the height of the tourist season, yet!
Tragically, the latest drowning was right here in Glens Falls, Sunday. A 14 year old boy drowned, while trying to swim across the Hudson River, to reach a rope swing on the other side. Earlier in the week, another young man also got into trouble, swimming in the river...also using a homemade rope swing. Further downstream, a teen lost his life jumping from a cliff into the Hudson, just last week.
Memorial Day weekend, last month, saw two drownings at Great Sacandaga Lake. One involving an intoxicated boater, the other a man with a bad heart, trying to swim from his boat to an island.
And, a few boating accidents involving drink driving---these guys and gals never learn. They just don't get that drink driving on a boat, isn't any safer than drink driving in a car...and in one case, some drunken boater lost a friend, due to this stupidity.
If you're reading this, and you swim or boat---don't drink while boating (unless tied up at the dock), and don't try to swim long distances, or out too far in unfamiliar waters--and most especially, not where there's no lifeguard's on duty.
