Rafting Guide Drowns After Saving Six Lives
by Andy Sareen, Staff Reporter
Dehradun, 17th April, 20XX
A rafting guide drowned in the Ganga river near Rishikesh after
saving six tourists, all residents of Delhi. He was well-conversant
with the river and having more than 20 years experience of the
swift flow of the river in Rishikesh. However, his heroism cost him
his life.
The mishap occurred at about 1:30 PM on friday, when the raft
carrying the tourists turned turtle downstream the river. All the six
tourists were saved by 40-year old Ram Kumar Pathak, but he
himself
could not survive, as too much water had gone into his lunas,
causing asphyxiation.
After Pathak somehow managed to reach the river bank, he was
rushed to a government hospital in Rishikesh where doctors
declared him dead. Pathak, who was a well-known rafting guide of
the area, had been a guide for the last 20 years. Government has
ordered an enquiry into the mishap and has announced a bravery.