Editor s note: a previous version of this story from The Morning Call misidentified the hometown of the deceased as Columbia, Pa., in Lancaster County. The Express Times in Lehigh Valley
2 people who were fishing are rescued from Delaware River, official says
Updated 12:24 PM;
Today 12:06 PM
Two people who were fishing were rescued May 1, 2021, from the Delaware River near Groundhog Lock in Williams Township.Google
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A man and a woman who were wearing waders and fishing Saturday evening in the Delaware River in Williams Township had to be rescued after they got caught up in the swift current, township fire Chief Jeff Murray said Monday.
One found their way to a rocky island while the other held onto a stump in the water that Murray estimated to be about 50 degrees. The entire rescue effort, near Groundhog Lock off Route 611, took an hour or less because there was concern about hypothermia, the fire chief said.