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    Boating accident on Lake Erie leaves two dead, two missing
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    April 18, 2014 12:02 AM

    Search continues for bodies in Lake Erie

    By Mark Reiter and Tom Henry / Block News Alliance

    OAK HARBOR, Ohio -- The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the two remaining people in the water near South Bass Island in Lake Erie tonight pending any new developments.

    On Thursday, authorities released the names of the two victims whose bodies were recovered in Lake Erie following a boating accident in which four people were reported missing.

    Amy Santus, 33, of Perrysburg, Ohio, and Paige Widmer, 16, who lives out of state, were identified as the two victims, Ottawa County authorities said.

    Their bodies were located several miles off shore.

    Dan Cadigan, Ottawa County coroner, said they were wearing life preservers when they were found in the water by the search teams.

    Petty Officer Christoper Yaw, of the U.S. Coast Guard in Cleveland, said crews from the Coast Guard and other agencies were continuing the search for the two men who also were on the boat. Their names and ages were not being released.

    Though not confirmed by the Coast Guard, Andrew Rose, 33, of Maumee, Ohio, was one of the two missing men who were on the boat, friends told the Block News Alliance.

    Mr. Rose was a bartender and an avid outdoorsman.

    "He lived to be outside. If he wasn't on the water he was hunting," said Christopher Titus, a close friend.

    The boaters were reported missing about 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

    Chief Petty Officer Gabriel Settel said a body was pulled from the water about 9:45 a.m. near the area where the partially submerged Tracker Tundra bass boat was found.

    More than 200 nautical square miles in the lake had been combed by search and rescue crews by late afternoon, Petty Officer Yaw said.

    Block News Alliance consists of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Blade of Toledo, Ohio. Mark Reiter and Tom Henry are reporters for The Blade.



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    This has been a big story around here. The people were known by a lot of local folks. I know a guy who was out on that boat the week before who said it was a leaker. Who knows what that means and whether it was a factor.
    The news reports say no damage to the boat, but the rumor among locals is that there was transom and drive damage.

    They went out last Wednesday as a high pressure center was moving across the lake. Went from 2-3 footers to 3-5 footers. That's not good in a bass tracker.

    A reminder of the awesome responsibility that we have as skippers as we make decisions that could turn life or death.

    The 16 year old was up here from South Carolina visiting her dad.
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    Were they wearing life jackets? Seems that would have made a much different outcome if they weren't.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buoy View Post
    Were they wearing life jackets? Seems that would have made a much different outcome if they weren't.
    The two women found immediately were wearing life jackets.

    There were additional life jackets found on the small vessel which was partially submerged, as well as a marine radio and a gps.

    The two women drowned. There was "no evidence of hypothermia." The water temp was 40 degrees. How much freaking evidence do you need?
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    Wow, you think they would understand. Any idea what kind of jackets? Many will not keep your head out of the water if you pass out from the cold or injury so maybe the drowning ....
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    No idea at all.

    But I have a feeling that they didn't put them on until they were going in.
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