DROWNING / NEAR DROWNING REPORT - VICTIM #1 AND #2 WERE FLOATING ON THE MERAMEC RIVER ON A FLOTATION DEVICE. VICTIM #1 AND #2 WERE CAUGHT IN AN EDDY. VICTIM #2 ENTERED THE WATER BY IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEAVE THE EDDY AND AND BEGAN TO STRUGGLE. VICTIM #1 ENTERED THE WATER IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE VICTIM #2. VICTIM #1 BEGAN TO STRUGGLE AND WAS UNABLE TO SELF RESCUE TO SHORE. TWO CIVILIAN FLOATERS NOTICED VICTIM #1 AND #2 STRUGGLING AND BEGAN RESCUING VICTIM #1 AND #2. VICTIM #1 WAS RECOVERED TO THE SHORE AND CPR WAS STARTED. VICTIM #1 WAS DECLARED DECEASED AT 1340 HOURS ON 07/27/2024 BY EUREKA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT PERSONNEL. ASSISTED BY CPL. B.G. GROVES (837), JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, EUREKA FIRE PROTECTON DISTRICT AND HIGH RIDGE FIRE PROTECTON DISTRICT. CORRECTED REPORT
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