Friends tried to rescue Vancouver teen drowning victim
12:10 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 24, 2009
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Rescue crews returned to the Columbia River on Wednesday to recover a teenager who presumably drowned, according to Vancouver police.
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Clark County officials and dive crews on Tuesday were called to a section of the Columbia in the 8800 block of NW Lower River Rd in Vancouver.
Officials said four older teenagers, two males and two females, were in the water somewhere between the Flushing Channel and Frenchman’s Bar when 19-year-old William Small went under.
Small was a graduate of Skyview High School in Vancouver and had plans to attend the University of Washington in the fall. Friends unsuccessfully tried to find him in the swift current.A nearby boat picked up the other three but did not find Small.
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