You can see the part of the river this took place on Google Maps. It’s not exactly a roaring rapid.
The woman eventually made it across the river but Officer Peek had difficulty making it back to shore as he was still donning all of his equipment and gear.
What kind of person puts on their gear while swimming across a river?
Also what are the chances that this is a COVID death?
when family members found him unresponsive at his home hours following his release from the hospital.
I’m not a doctor but is it normal for people to die several hours after almost drowning?
Yes. It is called dry drowning. This is almost as negligent as leaving someone with a traumatic brain injury unsupervised.