2008 Life Jacket Survivor -Doug Welsh

It was a beautiful day in August, when Doug took out his new pontoon boat. His wife Wendy, reminded him to wear his life jacket. He put in on to make her happy, but as he drifted down the McKenzie River, his boat broke apart. Doug found himself in the swift moving water, heading straight for a strainer. He remembered to fasten his life jacket right before entering the water...that it "has to fit properly." Doug didn't remember when he'd heard that, but fastened his jacket. He was pinned underwater, losing consciousness. When he came to, he was swirling around in an eddy behind the strainer that trapped him. He would not be alive today if he hadn't worn his life jacket.

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