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Paddleboarding
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
ID Released For CT Woman Pulled From Housatonic River
A Connecticut woman who fell off a paddleboard in the Housatonic River and never resurfaced has been identified. The incident occurred in New Haven County around 6:15 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 1, in Seymour, according to Will Healey of the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. Healey said DEEP received reports of a paddleboarder in the Housatonic River, located by boaters in the region. DEEP Environmental Conservation officers and the Seymour Fire Department responded. The victim, identified as Fairfield County resident Alyssa Mackinnon, age 30, of Fairfield, wa…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
News
Body Of Missing Paddleboarder Recovered From NJ Lake
The search for a missing paddleboarder on a Sussex County lake came to a tragic end Sunday morning, July 7, police said. James Lee, 61, of Sandyston, had been on a stand-up paddleboard on Kittatinny Lake when he fell into the water and did not re-emerge Friday, July 5 around 6:45 p.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. His body was recovered Sunday morning, July 8, according to Marchan. The incident remains under investigation.
Dorchester, MA
News
Boston Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas
A 44-year-old Boston woman was killed Monday, Dec. 4, while paddleboarding in the Bahamas after she was attacked by a shark, multiple media outlets reported. The woman and her husband were about a mile from the five-star Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort when she was attacked, Royal Bahamas Police Force Spokesperson Sergeant Desiree Ferguson said in a news conference. Related: Woman Killed By Shark In Bahamas ID'd By Police A lifeguard who spotted the couple went out in a boat after the incident began to unfold, according to CBS News. Related: 'It Violently Turned At M…
Manassas, VA
News
Cause Of Death Revealed For Obamas' Virginia Chef, Who Died On Martha's Vineyard: Report
Medical investigators have ruled the death of Prince William County resident Tafari Campbell, the personal chef of former President Barack Obama, as an accident, reports said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachusetts performed an autopsy on the 45-year-old Campbell, who died after he fell into the ocean while paddleboarding on July 23 on Martha's Vineyard. Pathologists concluded his death was caused by "submersion in a body of water." Despite conspiracy theories online conjuring fantastic — and often impossible — reasons for his death, the autopsy confirmed the …
Quincy, MA
News
Cause Of Death Revealed For Obamas' Personal Chef, Who Died On Martha's Vineyard: Report
Medical investigators have ruled the death of Tafari Campbell, the personal chef of former President Barack Obama, as an accident, reports said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Massachusetts performed an autopsy on the 45-year-old Campbell, who died after he fell into the ocean while paddleboarding on July 23 on Martha's Vineyard. Pathologists concluded his death was caused by "submersion in a body of water." Despite conspiracy theories online conjuring fantastic — and often impossible — reasons for his death, the autopsy confirmed the eyewitness reports. …
Quincy, MA
News
Obamas' Chef Drowns In Paddleboarding Accident Near Martha's Vineyard Estate
A missing paddleboarder found dead in Martha's Vineyard has been identified as the longtime chef to the Obamas. Tafari Campbell, age 45, of Dumfries, Virginia, was found some 100 feet from shore in water about 8 feet deep on Monday, July 24, after he went missing paddleboarding a day earlier, Massachusetts State Police said. Campbell was paddleboarding Sunday in Edgartown’s Great Pond near Turkeyland Cove when he fell into the water around 7:45 a.m., Massachusetts State Police said. Witnesses told troopers that he "appeared to briefly struggle to stay on the surface, and then submerg…
Manassas, VA
News
Obamas' VA Chef Drowns In Paddleboarding Accident Near Martha's Vineyard Estate
A missing paddleboarder found dead in Martha's Vineyard has been identified as the longtime chef to the Obamas from Northern Virginia. The body of Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, VA, was found approximately 100 feet from shore around 8 feet deep on Monday, July 24, after he went missing paddleboarding, Massachusetts State Police said. Campbell, whose body was found near the Obamas' estate, was visiting the area at the time of his death, MSP said, and had been employed by former President Obama, police said. The Obamas were not at home at the time of the incident. Campbell was a sous…
Alexandria, VA
Police & Fire
Body Found In James River Is Missing Virginia Woman: Police
Medical officials say the body found in the James River last week is that of the missing 28-year-old woman who was one of two people who disappeared after going over a dam on Memorial Day. The Virginia medical examiner announced Tuesday, June 14, that the body found on June 6 belongs to Sarah Erway, WRIC reported. The Chesterfield County woman was with a group of 12 friends who were swept over Bosher's Dam in Richmond while paddleboarding during the holiday weekend. Ten people were rescued, but Erway and Lauren Winstead did not resurface after going over the 12-foot-high dam.…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man Drowns While Paddleboarding With Kids On Long Island
A 39-year-old drowned while paddleboarding with his two young children on Long Island. Jing Li, of Flushing, Queens, was paddleboarding with his two young children on Hempstead Lake in Hempstead at approximately 5:45 p.m., Sunday, May 23, when the paddleboard capsized, and Li went underwater, said the New York State Police. New York State Park Police, Rockville Center Police, Nassau County Police Aviation Unit, Freeport Fire Department, Lakeview Fire Department, and East Rockaway Fire Department all responded to the scene. Li was located in the lake a short time later and was tr…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Three Teens Rescued After Paddle Craft Overturns Off Point Lookout
Three teenagers were rescued after the paddleboard they were on flipped over in the water off Point Lookout. Nassau County Police Marine Bureau Marine 6 officers responded on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 5:40 p.m. to a call for a capsized vessel with three people in the water of Reynolds Channel in the area of East Marina, according to police. When police arrived it was determined by both the United States Coast Guard and Nassau County Marine Bureau that a paddle craft had capsized, placing the three girls aboard into the water due to strong currents, said Nassau County Police. Marine 6 recovered a…
