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VIDEO: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues VIDEO: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues
Video: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues Police on Monday continued to search for a distressed Lake Hopatcong swimmer, identified by authorities as a 32-year-old Parsippany man. Avinash Kuna was water skiing on a pontoon boat with three friends in Jefferson when he fell, panicked and slipped out of his life jacket, according to state police and witness Tom Davis, who posted a video on YouTube. "Nobody jumped in the [expletive] water," he said. "Everyone's just screaming his name." Kuna had been under water for nearly 10 minutes when local police and dive teams arrived, Davis said. "Attempts to pull Kuna to safety were unsuc…