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CJ
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 11:26:41 AM
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DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THIS FAMILY WAS FROM. I WAS DOWN THERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND THAT WAS A AWFUL EXPERIENCE. I SAW THE FAMILY OR THE FRIENDS THAT HE WAS WITH. COULD YOU IMAGINE IF HE WAS DOWN AT THE LAKE WITH A FRIEND AND THAT PERSON HAVING TO CALL HIS FAMILY. THAT ROCK IS A BREADING PLACE FOR DEATH. SOMEONE REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT SHUTTING IT DOWN WHICH I AM SO SURE THAT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.
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Blue Creeker
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Not so sure...
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7/3/2006 11:47:17 AM
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....about that it "breeding" death.
Seeing as how that's the last of a few deaths in nearly 90 years of the lake's exsistence.
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D2D
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 1:52:32 PM
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If you ban people from jumping, that will make it more desireable to try. This was terrible, but this is the only death I remember in several years. I have jumped several times over the years but not lately. People just need to use common sense on the Lake no matter what they do. If we ban something on the Lake every time someone is hurt or killed we might as well ban everyone from the Lake.
Everybody please be careful and safe.
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Osms
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 2:00:24 PM
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Just passed the rock--doesn't appear that the death has affected anyone--still jumping. A nice memorial at the spot of his death floating in the water may wake a FEW people up.
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autiger
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 5:15:03 PM
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I was at the rock when it happened also.After about 15 minutes of searching for him they finally pulled him up.When they pulled him into the police boat and layed a towel over him the pontoon he was on crumbled.I heard he was from Ohio visiting.
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weagle89
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 5:24:01 PM
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Are there any details about what happened? I wonder if he hit the face on the way down, landed wrong, got stuck on something underwater that wouldn't allow him to surface? I always assumed that a body would float and not have to be brought up by divers.
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autiger
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 5:53:02 PM
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Was not ther when it happened.My son and i got there a couple of minutes later.If he landed on his back then i would assume he had the breath knocked out of him.If you have no air in your lungs you will sink like a rock.
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AnchorbayDon
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/3/2006 10:42:44 PM
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My son was one of the divers involved. The boy was 16 yrs old and in good shape. He must have had the breath knocked out of himself when he landed as they found his body floating free in about 35 ft of water. He was bleeding heavily from his nose & mouth, but there was no sign that he had hit any foreign objects. His family is from Cincinnati, Ohio and was in Montgomery visiting his uncle. His mom was in the WP boat when they brought him up.
What a tragedy!
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PikeSki
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/5/2006 12:11:12 PM
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I went to the rock the day after this accident occurred (didn't know anything about it). I had 2 teen aged relatives with me on my waverunner. They wanted to jump from the rock so I told them they could jump from the smaller rock. . . which they did.
We then started idling out of the rock area when I was flagged down by the Marine police. They had a camera crew on board and wanted to interview the 2 teenagers for the news.
As they were being interviewed I spoke with the marine policeman on board their boat (very nice guy!). He told me that this is the first death ever reported from Chimney rock. They have had many accidents over the years but never a death. I asked if the child that died was wearing a life jacket and he said no. I asked him if that was a contributor to his death and he surprised me with his answer. He said that you have a far lesser chance of an injury without a life jacket when jumping from the big rock. He said that you should wear one when jumping from the lower and middle ones but not the big one.
Our thoughts and prayers are with this child's family.
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BigFoot
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/5/2006 2:00:30 PM
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Perhaps the first death he was aware of, but definitely not the first death. Many reading this can probably give accurate details of a death many years ago. I cannot but have been told of it many times.
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Marine Police
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/5/2006 5:16:55 PM
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I am aware of one other death many years back. I've heard other Marine Police officers talking about it. For those that have been around the lake awhile, I think James "Junior" Mitchell was the officer that worked it. I don't remember the details but I believe that it was over 20 years ago.
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Pier Pressure
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CHIMNEY ROCK
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7/5/2006 11:27:59 PM
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One discussion indicated that he was on a diving team. Olympic divers dive from a 10 meter platform (32 feet). If in fact the rock is at 50 feet he made a very unfortunate miscalculation. I hear alot of talk about fences etc. I would like to see small plackard warnings at the jumping sites with injury statistics, along with a graphical representative of a 5 story building, the rock, and the olympic 10 meter platform. These signs would not be seen from the water and would not detract from the land mark (not that all the spray paint is considered beauty)... Thoughts?
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jawjagal
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911
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7/6/2006 6:13:31 PM
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My friend, TAWANA, (you NIffers' folks from the Tiara night know her) said her sister was one of the ones that called 911 and talked to the boy's mother...not knowing it was his mother...they were asking her sister had he come back up yet....and they were telling her no. They had only one boat in between them...so they were able to communicate some to them. A teenage girl on the family boat was hysterically crying, the mother was crying, and another male child was throwing up, he was so upset.
Tawana's sister saw the boy land on his face and side.
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