Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
News Release
August 10, 2006
Contact: Kevin Schneider, 928-608-6208
Page, AZ – A two-year old boy, Ryan Adams, of Logan,
Utah, drowned
yesterday on Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area. The boy
and his family were camped with their houseboat in Warm
Creek Bay.
They
had come aboard the houseboat to dry off after getting
wet from rainstorms
and to eat lunch.
They boy had been wearing a life
jacket earlier, but
it
was taken off so he could change into dry clothes.
In
the ensuing
moments,
around 11:30 a.m. MST, the boy disappeared.
The family immediately began searching the area. They
contacted the
National Park Service using their marine band radio to
request assistance.
A Classic Lifeguard helicopter was dispatched to the
scene and National
Park Service rangers responded by boat. Other boaters in
the area heard
the call and also came to the family’s aid.
At approximately 1:15 p.m., the boy surfaced in the
water. National Park
Service rangers and paramedics from Classic Lifeguard
began CPR.
He was
flown to Page Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at
1:57 p.m.
This is the third fatal accident in Glen Canyon National
Recreation Area
this year.
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