So sad

[phebus]

Another child had died on Lake Havasu.
The body of Austin Tyler Patin, 10, of Mission Hills, Calif., was recovered in the Bridgewater Channel Saturday. Cause of death is pending investigation.
The boy was reported missing just after 3 p.m., last seen in the water near his family's boat beach on the mainland side of the south Channel near the inlet of Thompson Bay.
Police immediately began a search of the shoreline extending to Rotary Park to the south and the English Village to the north in the hopes that the boy had simply wandered off. Four members of the Lake Havasu Community Emergency Response Team joined police officers in the search.
As officers and volunteers continued the shoreline search for the missing child, Police Lt. Joe Fiumara donned scuba tanks and took to the water. Meanwhile police boats stationed themselves at the southern end of the channel, at the mouth of Thompson Bay, turning away boats. A pontoon boat set up north of the area in which the child was last scene to also restrict boat traffic in the search area. Any boats beached in the area were ordered to shut down and were not allowed to move until the search of their area was completed.
As more officers were called to the scene, Fiumara was joined in the water by officer Rob McBride, while auxiliary officer K.C. Dreller stayed on shore. As Dreller held a rope to Fiumara and McBride, the two searched the Channel bed inch-by-inch until they found the boy. The body was recovered in about 10 feet of water, about 20 feet from shore, at approximately 5:45 p.m.
Officers wrapped the body in a white sheet before pulling it out of the water and placing it on a gurney. As the gurney was wheeled to a waiting Medical Examiner's vehicle, the child's father identified the body.
Just prior to the call of the missing child, Today's News-Herald spoke with medical personnel that were testing the area for carbon monoxide as well as providing assistance for those suffering symptoms of heat, dehydration and other summer-related ailments. They reported conditions as “OK” and said they received few requests for help.
“There are no words.”
That was the response of one of the officers on scene, watching as parents tried to cope with the loss of a child. Family members and friends rallied to the boy's parents. Lake Havasu City Police officers, CERT members and city staff on scene offered condolences, support, even hugs to the family in their time of need.
One teen girl, unrelated to the family of the missing boy, who had been watching the search, broke out in tears as the body was brought on shore. The crowds lining the shore acted as one as a boat approached the blockade, its sound system blaring hip-hop music. Crowds demanded the boat's operator turn off the music in deference to the family.
When asked why the lake and river has seen so many young people die in 2006, one officer said, “We've been very lucky for a long time. It looks like our luck ran out.”
It's the fifth death on Lake Havasu this year, the sixth on the Colorado River.
In February a 67-year old California woman died when her watercraft crashed into the lake's shoreline, in April a 14-year-old Washington boy died in a two-boat collision near Site Six and during Memorial Day weekend a 17-year old girl died on the river near Circle Beach when she reportedly turned her personal watercraft in front of an oncoming boat.
The body of David Ramsey, 54, of Riverside, Calif. was recovered Saturday (see accompanying story). He went missing following the collision of two boats on June 3 near Jopps Harbor Cove. And last weekend 13-year-old Juan Cortez drowned in the designated swimming area of London Bridge Beach Park. Investigations in the circumstances surrounding both Ramsey's and Cortez's death are ongoing.

[Mohave Vice]

This is beyond words. My thoughts, prayers and tears go out to the family. I really can't say anything else.

[MayDaze]

Wow very very sad....

[termiteguy]

pfd for all children regardless. and on fathersday weekend as well how sad for that family allways watch your kids

[Kilrtoy]

Horrible, horrible, My prayers go out to the family

[OutCole'd]

Terrible news! So sad for the whole family.

[257]

This is so sad to hear and on fathers day, my prayers go out
to the family

[LHC Kirby]

Children drown without a sound . . . .
Please watch them ! ! !

[little rowe boat]

I have a 21 month old,so this kind of incident scares the crap out of me.

[vmjtc3]

:cry: :cry: what else can you say. And on fathers day :cry: