Hudson Valley Man Drowns at Popular Swimming Spot, Near I-84
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On Sunday around 7 p.m., Port Jervis police and members of the Port Jervis City Fire Department responded to a 911 report of a possible drowning in the Delaware River in the area of Laurel Grove Cemetery at a popular swimming hole called “Goose Rock."
Witnesses reported that the swimmer was last observed floating towards the middle of the river towards the I-84 Bridge when he submerged underwater and never resurfaced.
Fire Department divers were deployed by the Port Jervis City Fire Department, Matamoras Fire Department, Westfall Fire Department, Sparrowbush Fire Department and Bushkill Fire Department and conducted a search of the river for the victim.