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NJ Swimmer Drowned In PA Park After Saving 8-Year-Old Cousin: Coroner NJ Swimmer Drowned In PA Park After Saving 8-Year-Old Cousin: Coroner
NJ Swimmer Drowned In PA Park After Saving 8-Year-Old Cousin: Coroner A New Jersey man was found dead in a Pennsylvania lake after disappearing while swimming on Sunday, Aug. 6, officials told Daily Voice.  Elisam Santana, 19, of Sayreville was swimming at Beltzville State Park in an unauthorized area of the lake, said Carbon County Coroner Gerald D. Jones Jr.  Santana, the coroner said, had saved his 8-year-old cousin from drowning when he went under the water and never came back up.  At Santana's autopsy on Tuesday, Aug. 8, his death was ruled an accidental drowning, Jones said. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Woman Dies In Poconos Jet Ski Accident: Authorities Woman Dies In Poconos Jet Ski Accident: Authorities
Woman Dies In Poconos Jet Ski Accident: Authorities A woman died after falling off a jet ski in the Poconos Thursday, July 7, authorities said. Lorena Lauer, 19, of Stroudsburg (Jackson Township) was on a jet ski at Camp Pocono Trails in Reeders around 5:45 p.m. when she fell and went underwater, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. She was pronounced dead Saturday, July 9 at St. Luke's Hospital. An autopsy revealed she died of accidental drowning, the coroner's office said. Lauer was remembered on social media as a young woman who enjoyed the outdoors and had a zest for life. The incident remains under investigation by the Le…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Support Surges For Family Of Recent Maryland HS Grad Drown At Codorus State Park Support Surges For Family Of Recent Maryland HS Grad Drown At Codorus State Park
Support Surges For Family Of Recent Maryland HS Grad Drown At Codorus State Park A community is rallying for the family of an 18-year-old man from Maryland who drowned at Codorus State Park. Jedaiah Zhan-Shi Hotep Silvanus-Lim, of Silver Springs, was with "a small group of young people" who had been on a walk at the park when they decided to go for a swim on Tuesday, June 14, the York County coroner's release states. He was having difficulty swimming and went under the water, according to the release. A park ranger was called and they called 911, and emergency responders arrived for the water rescue at the park in West Manheim Township around 5:20 p.m., authorities say…

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by Jillian Pikora