Buford man drowns in Lake Lanier after falling off boat
A 71-year-old Buford man's boating trip to Lake Lanier ended in tragedy after officials say he fell into the Georgia lake while trying to retrieve his hat.
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A 71-year-old Buford man's boating trip to Lake Lanier ended in tragedy after officials say he fell into the Georgia lake while trying to retrieve his hat.
On Father's Day weekend, David Seymour entered Lake Hartwell to retrieve an item and was not able to get back on his vessel. Nearly two months later, volunteers were able to recover his body.
DeKalb County teacher and coach Derrick Moore drowned over the weekend while saving the life of a young girl trapped in a rip current off Myrtle Beach.
Teacher and coach Derrick Moore was able to rescue the struggling young girl, but was pulled underwater by a rip current.
The search for a 70-year-old DeKalb County woman who was reported missing last week has ended with a tragic discovery, police say.
A Roswell grandmother is now in custody charged in connection with the drowning of her 2-year-old grandson during a family gathering.
After her young son drowned, a Polk County mother is on a mission to save as many people as possible through access to survival swim lessons.
A 60-year-old Buford man drowned Wednesday afternoon at a popular Lake Lanier campground, Georgia Department of Natural Resources officials say.
More than a dozen people died on Georgia's roads and on the water during the Fourth of July holiday celebrations, authorities report.
Crews had been searching for Fidel Ojwang after he went over the back of a ski boat into Lake Allatoona and did not resurface on Sunday.
A Georgia lifeguard's quick thinking helped save a young boy who had wandered into the pool at a popular waterpark.
Authorities say 14-year-old Tyler Brown jumped off a popular diving rock into Armuchee Creek and never resurfaced.
Water safety experts say drowning remains one of the leading causes of death for young children in Georgia and often happens quietly, making swim lessons critical.
The search continues for a 73-year-old man who authorities say disappeared in Georgia's Lake Hartwell over the weekend.
A 21-year-old man disappeared while swimming with friends near an island off Robinson Park, according to the Hall County Sheriff's Office.
The body of an Atlanta teen who went missing in a Morgan County lake this week has been recovered, police say.
Authorities say Otoniel Cruz jumped into Noonday Creek over Memorial Day weekend and was swept away by the current. His body was discovered days later.
A boater found the 59-year-old North Carolina woman's body in the lake early Saturday morning. Now local and state agencies are trying to learn what happened before she died.
Two young children have died after police say they drowned at a home in Cordele, Georgia. Their deaths remain under investigation
Investigators say the Georgia man was trying to dislodge his fishing lure when he fell into Lake Lanier and drowned.
A delayed meeting kept Jasper Watkins from being inside the Pentagon when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty-five years later, he shared how that change in plans allowed him to help others.
More than 1,800 volunteers gathered at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta on Friday to turn remembrance into service.
At the foot of Kennesaw Mountain, 2,977 American flags now stand as a reminder that every person killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks had a life and a story.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting involving a Rome police officer that prompted a brief school lockdown and closed a nearby road Friday.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer and the second leading cause of death among men, the National Cancer Institute says. Some Georgia men who are living with or have overcome the cancer are hoping their stories will help more men get screened.