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ID Released For Fisherman Who Drowned In Capital Region Pond ID Released For Fisherman Who Drowned In Capital Region Pond
ID Released For Fisherman Who Drowned In Capital Region Pond Authorities are investigating after a fisherman was found dead in a pond in the region. Emergency crews in Washington County were called at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, about a man who had failed to return home from a fishing trip. Following a search, crews located the man’s body in Clarks Pond in the town of Jackson. On Monday, Nov. 6, New York State Police identified him as 61-year-old Marc Luther, of Wilton in Saratoga County. An investigation determined that Luther entered Clarks Pond in a kayak to go fishing. The boat was later found empty. An Underwater Recovery Team was dispa…
'Always Smiling': Hundreds Honor Watervliet Teen Who Drowned In Hudson 'Always Smiling': Hundreds Honor Watervliet Teen Who Drowned In Hudson
'Always Smiling': Hundreds Honor Watervliet Teen Who Drowned In Hudson Matthew Billetts died doing what he loved most: fishing. The Albany-area high school student died Monday, June 13, at the age of 16 after falling into the Hudson River at Hudson Shores Park, according to Watervliet Police. Billetts, a Watervliet High School junior who had a rare form of epilepsy called sunflower syndrome, suffered a seizure and lost consciousness before falling into the water and drowning, his family told the Albany Times Union. Earlier report: Watervliet HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River A dive team located the boy a short time later and tried resuscitatin…
Watervliet HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River Watervliet HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River
Watervliet HS Student Dies After Falling Into Hudson River Classmates are mourning the death of a high school student who died after falling into the Hudson River. Albany County resident Matthew Billetts, age 16, died Monday afternoon, June 13, according to a statement from the Watervliet City School District. He had been fishing with a friend and apparently suffered an unknown medical episode when he fell off the dock at Hudson Shores Park, News 10 ABC in Albany reports. It took dive teams nearly an hour to recover the boy’s body, the outlet reports. Billetts was a junior at Watervliet Jr.-Sr. High School. His death came just 11 days before the …