A New York man drowned Sunday after making an attempt to retrieve his keys from a lake. A second man who jumped in to rescue him stays hospitalized. The drowning sufferer was recognized as Anthony Davis, 44, of Clay, based on a press release from the Oswego County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Davis was fishing with Wattie Capers, 42, and one other unidentified male within the Finger Lakes area to have a good time Father’s Day. An investigation is ongoing so it’s not instantly clear how Davis’ keys might have fallen within the water, however the males have been reportedly fishing from a pier the place the Oneida River flows into Oneida Lake. Davis tried to retrieve the keys however couldn’t return to land. Capers jumped in to rescue him “however was additionally unable to make it again to land,” based on a written assertion from Lt. Andy Bucher, who was unavailable for remark. One picture of the rescue reveals that the Waterfront Tavern pier is a number of ft above the water line.
Round 9:51 a.m. officers with the Oswego County Sheriff’s Workplace Marine Patrol heard “yelling for assist” and “got here throughout two folks within the water that have been in misery.” Officers have been capable of retrieve Capers from the water, who was transported to Upstate Hospital in Syracuse.
At 10:09 a.m. a Madison County NY Fireplace/Emergency Dispatch admin up to date first responders a few doable drowning. A number of companies responded to the incident and at 10:25 a.m., the dispatch was up to date to notice divers from Oswego and Onondaga counties have been on the scene with air help on the best way.
A diver from the Brewerton Fireplace Division positioned Davis, who was pulled from the water and likewise transported to Upstate Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. Davis is survived by his spouse and youngsters. Capers stays hospitalized.
“Fast replace on Wattie Capers,” Antonise Capers stated of her husband’s situation in a Fb publish Monday night. “He’s doing so much higher, responding to instructions, no extra seizures, blood work nice, all imaging scans have been nice as we speak. Subsequent step is eradicating the eeg and attempting to get him to breathe fully on his personal. I respect all the messages, prayers, calls and so forth… please preserve these prayers going as a result of it’s working.”
Frank Vercillo, who heard the information of Davis’ drowning on the radio, says he spoke with each Capers and Davis shortly earlier than the incident.
“Minutes earlier than this occurred my son Hank and I had the pleasure of speaking to them each. We left the Waterfront dock at 9am,” Vercillo wrote in a Fb publish Monday. “After they arrived they requested us how we have been doing after which wished us each a Glad Father’s day. Very good younger males. They have been busting one another’s chops however you would inform that they have been shut. When my son instructed me they have been the fellows we have been speaking to I simply couldn’t wrap [sic] my head round it.”
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This isn’t the primary time an angler has drowned making an attempt to retrieve a misplaced possession. In 2023 69-year-old angler Robert Gardella drowned after certainly one of his fishing rods fell within the Colorado River. Witnesses say Gardella jumped in after the rod however rapidly got here again to the floor the place he struggled for a number of moments earlier than disappearing underwater; divers recovered his physique the next morning.
The Caughdenoy Volunteer Fireplace Division, who responded to the Oneida incident, urged “everybody to put on a life jacket anytime they’re close to water, regardless of how shallow.”