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WSU Student Drowns In Snake River |
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Written by CougarGold
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
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FROM KLEW-TV:
The family of man who drowned Monday in the Snake River released his
name and photo Wednesday with the hope that a Nez Perce County
Sheriff's dive team will resume its search for his body.
Christina Barger said her cousin, 23-year-old Jordan Bloom of
Bremerton, is the drowning victim. She said he was a WSU student. His
parents, who are also from the west side of Washington, asked Christina
to release the information because they were concerned about the status
of the search.
Jordan was swimming with friends Monday afternoon
near the Dunes, a popular spot on the Garfield County side of the river
below Lower Granite Dam, when some of them tried to swim out to a
channel marker off shore.
Barger said Jordan was unable to
make it and panicked, according to a friend who was there. The friend
said he tried to save Jordan but was pulled underwater and was barely
able to save himself. Barger said Jordan's girlfriend, who was also
there, called the parents.
A search began and the Nez Perce County Dive Team was called in Tuesday to assist.
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Wednesday night, Garfield County Sheriff Larry Bowles said the dive
team had actually searched all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
Bowles said the search has not been suspended, but that the dive team
felt it had done all it could do, searching in three foot patterns,
below a dam releasing water that is creating heavy currents downriver.
Bowles said the currents that are being experience mean that a body
would probably be carried downstream.
Bowles said personnel from
the Garfield County and Whitman County Sheriff's Offices and the Army
Corps of Engineers will resume the search Thursday using an airplane
and boats.
Here is Jordan's Facebook Page
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