# Swimmer dies drowning in Erie Canal **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 17, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943 "2012-06-17T22:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/21 "2012-06-18T16:23:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/22 "2012-06-18T16:29:52Z")
Lol, it’d be funny if they didn’t find him and he said that… ---
**Author:** ![gt08vapor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/23 "2012-06-18T22:13:41Z")
The under tow of the canal is no joke also. Its plenty strong that it will keep or suck you under. ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/24 "2012-06-19T05:22:12Z")
Swimmer dies dying in Erie Canal ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/25 "2012-06-19T05:42:46Z")
Sinker dies sinking in Erie Canal. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/26 "2012-06-19T06:05:07Z")
All the headline needs is some punctuation to sound like a 1920s newspaper headline. Extra, extra! Swimmer Dies!! Drowning in the Erie Canal!!! ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/27 "2012-06-19T07:21:46Z")
Lol ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/28 "2012-06-19T07:31:53Z")
Is he really a “Swimmer” if he drowned? Nm… was late to this party. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/29 "2012-06-19T07:36:27Z")
> [@gt08vapor](#): > > The under tow of the canal is no joke also. Its plenty strong that it will keep or suck you under. Really? I didn’t think there was any current to speak of. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/30 "2012-06-19T07:44:28Z")
> [@gt08vapor](#): > > The under tow of the canal is no joke also. Its plenty strong that it will keep or suck you under. Lol wut? Undertow is a subsurface water flow that is a result of a wave… The issue with the canal since I grew up in a canal town in Rochester and everyone used to jump off the bridges was that the bottom is not a hard surface, its a mushy clay similar to the sticky mud if you ever walked around a construction site after it rains. The result is a sticky clay with a quick sand type effect if you hit the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/31 "2012-06-19T07:48:43Z")
Yeah, there’s no undertow in the canal. Hell, there’s barely a current. ---
**Author:** ![gt08vapor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/22d042/32.png) [@gt08vapor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt08vapor)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943/32 "2012-06-19T08:34:32Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Really? I didn’t think there was any current to speak of. by me there is, You can watch the water move all the time. it due to the locks, [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/swimmer-dies-drowning-in-erie-canal/223943.md?page=1)