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Update: Hudson Drowning Victim, 21, At Mahwah Lake Didn't Know How To Swim
A Hudson County man who drowned despite an intense effort by rescuers to save him at a closed swimming lake at Darlington County Park in Mahwah didn't know how to swim, friends and loved ones said.
Loved ones, neighbors and others have been trying to comfort the family of Kevin Acevedo at the 51st Street apartment in Weehawken where he'd lived his entire life.
Kevin had just turned 21 two weeks ago, they said.
He and his friend, Andrew Florez, 20, also of Weehawken, weren't supposed to be in the lake, which is open for swimming only on weekends this time of year, Bergen County Sheriff's Pu…
