Body of Green River fisherman found
Published 8:36 pm Thursday, October 13, 2011
AUBURN — A King County sheriff’s spokesman says his department’s marine unit has recovered the body of a fisherman who was swept away in the Green River at Auburn.
Sgt. John Urquhart says the body was found Thursday afternoon.
The sheriff’s office says the 35-year-old Tacoma man was wading in the river with a friend Wednesday evening when he lost his footing and his hip-waders filled with water.
Several people tried to rescue him by reaching out with fishing poles. At least one person jumped in but was unable to reach him.
