Kachina26
08-13-2005, 06:11 PM
Perhaps we need to monitor Carbon Monoxide more closely or close the Channel completely.....................
Grim end to Channel search
By Brian DiTullio
Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:18 PM MDT
News-Herald Photo/L.J. Frink Lake Havasu City firefighters, with snorkles and swim fins, begin looking for Michael Bull in south Bridgewater Channel shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, after witnesses saw the 41-year-old man go in the water, but never resurface.
Divers recovered the body of a man who apparently drowned in Bridgewater Channel Wednesday night.
Michael Reiff Bull, 41, reportedly went under the water around 7:20 p.m. and didn't resurface. A passing boater dialed 911.
Police and fire units responded to the scene in the south Channel area but were unable to locate Bull. The area was closed to further boating activity while emergency rescuer conducted their search.
The Police Department SCUBA Dive Team was activated and recovered Bull's body around 11:25 p.m. about 20 yards from the west bank of the Channel in about 16 feet of water.
Battalion Chief Dennis Mueller said the procedure for a drowning call is to send two engines and a battalion chief out. Each engine company contains snorkels and fins for each person on that engine.
"All of our engines are equipped with that to do a quick and effective rescue operation," said Mueller.
He also said weeds are a problem right now because they've grown up and cover anything that sinks to the bottom.
The police reported Wednesday night that murky conditions along the bottom hindered the search.
Bull was considered a transient and had no known family in the area, according to investigators. He reportedly had been drinking in the area with some friends and decided to go for a swim, according to reports.
An autopsy is being conducted by the Mohave County Medical Examiner, according to a press release.
You may contact the reporter at ditullio@havasunews.com.
Grim end to Channel search
By Brian DiTullio
Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:18 PM MDT
News-Herald Photo/L.J. Frink Lake Havasu City firefighters, with snorkles and swim fins, begin looking for Michael Bull in south Bridgewater Channel shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, after witnesses saw the 41-year-old man go in the water, but never resurface.
Divers recovered the body of a man who apparently drowned in Bridgewater Channel Wednesday night.
Michael Reiff Bull, 41, reportedly went under the water around 7:20 p.m. and didn't resurface. A passing boater dialed 911.
Police and fire units responded to the scene in the south Channel area but were unable to locate Bull. The area was closed to further boating activity while emergency rescuer conducted their search.
The Police Department SCUBA Dive Team was activated and recovered Bull's body around 11:25 p.m. about 20 yards from the west bank of the Channel in about 16 feet of water.
Battalion Chief Dennis Mueller said the procedure for a drowning call is to send two engines and a battalion chief out. Each engine company contains snorkels and fins for each person on that engine.
"All of our engines are equipped with that to do a quick and effective rescue operation," said Mueller.
He also said weeds are a problem right now because they've grown up and cover anything that sinks to the bottom.
The police reported Wednesday night that murky conditions along the bottom hindered the search.
Bull was considered a transient and had no known family in the area, according to investigators. He reportedly had been drinking in the area with some friends and decided to go for a swim, according to reports.
An autopsy is being conducted by the Mohave County Medical Examiner, according to a press release.
You may contact the reporter at ditullio@havasunews.com.