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Updated: 1:57 PM Jun 18, 2007
Body of Missing Man Found In Mississippi River
Deputies say a little before 10 Monday morning, deputies found the body of a 42-year-old Rochester man who drowned yesterday while boating with his family Posted: 10:55 AM Jun 18, 2007 |
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A boating trip on the Mississippi River for Father’s Day turned tragic for a Rochester family.
Deputies say the Minnesota father was in the water outside his boat without a lifejacket on Sunday near Alma when the current pulled him away.
Buffalo County Sheriff's Deputies say the man's teenage son grabbed a life preserver, but when he turned to throw it, his dad was gone.
A search crews found the body of the man in the river Monday morning.
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