Swimmer dies drowning in Erie Canal

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Lol, it’d be funny if they didn’t find him and he said that…

The under tow of the canal is no joke also. Its plenty strong that it will keep or suck you under.

Swimmer dies dying in Erie Canal

Sinker dies sinking in Erie Canal.

All the headline needs is some punctuation to sound like a 1920s newspaper headline.

Extra, extra!

Swimmer Dies!! Drowning in the Erie Canal!!!

Lol

Is he really a “Swimmer” if he drowned?

Nm… was late to this party.

Really? I didn’t think there was any current to speak of.

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.

Yeah, there’s no undertow in the canal. Hell, there’s barely a current.

by me there is, You can watch the water move all the time. it due to the locks,