A SWIM TO SAFETY

Published 11:59 pm Friday, August 31, 2012

Mario Green, left, and Kendrick Davis sit on the bank at City Front Friday after their boat sank during an afternoon storm on the Yazoo River Diversion Canal. The Yazoo River Towing workers, had just loaded their boat up with groceries and were heading back to their towboat downriver when an afternoon storm hit and pushed the boat under, Davis said. The men realized their boat was sinking under the combined weight of supplies and rainwater, and decided to swim for shore. Warren County Sheriff’s deputies and the Vicksburg Fire Department recovered the boat and supplies.

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