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Crews Responding To Reports Of Injured Swimmer At Area Waterfall Where Teen Drowned Crews Responding To Reports Of Injured Swimmer At Area Waterfall Where Teen Drowned
Crews Responding To Reports Of Injured Swimmer At Area Waterfall Where Teen Drowned Emergency crews are responding to reports of an injured swimmer at a popular waterfall in the region. Medics in Greene County were called at around 5:20 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, for a swimmer in distress at Fawn’s Leap, located near the hamlet of Haines Falls in the Town of Hunter. Crews from the Haines Falls Fire District found the swimmer with injuries, according to police radio traffic. Earlier Report: 16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Greene County The extent of the person’s injuries, as well as their age and gender, was not immediately available. The inciden…

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by Michael Mashburn
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16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Region 16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Region
16-Year-Old Boy Drowns After Jumping From Waterfall In Region A teenager has died after jumping from a popular waterfall in the region. The Greene County incident happened at around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at Fawn’s Leap, located near the hamlet of Haines Falls in the Town of Hunter. Greene County Sheriff’s officials said a group of teens, all from Brooklyn, was swimming in Kaaterskill Creek when a 16-year-old boy and a friend jumped from a ledge at the top of the falls. Both teens landed in the water at the base of the falls where the current proved to be too strong for them to swim out of. Another swimmer noticed they were struggling and was ab…

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by Michael Mashburn
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ID Released For West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge ID Released For West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge
ID Released For West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge The identity of the West Point cadet candidate who was killed in a cliff-diving accident has been released. The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31 in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, New York. Troopers responded to a 911 call of an unresponsive man at a routinely frequented cliff diving location known as Fawn’s Leap, off Route 23A. The man has now been ID'd as Benjamin K. Bochtler, 20, of Bellevue, Nebraska, who enlisted in the Army as a drone operator in 2016. An investigation revealed Bochtler was hanging onto a rock ledge, when a portion of the rock broke …

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by Joe Lombardi
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West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge
West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge Click here for an updated story: ID Released For West Point Cadet Candidate Killed After Falling From Rock Ledge A United States Military Academy Prep School cadet candidate was killed in a cliff-diving accident that occurred in the region, the New York State Police said. The incident occurred at about 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31 in the Town of Hunter in Greene County, New York. Troopers responded to a 911 call of an unresponsive man at a routinely frequented cliff diving location known as Fawn’s Leap, off Route 23A. An investigation revealed, the victim was hanging onto a …

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by Joe Lombardi