This is American Whitewater’s preliminary accident summary for the second half of the 2001 Season.
Low water levels throughout country made this past summer and fall relatively uneventful.
A good thing, because the first half of this year was dreadful!
Please email additions or corrections Charlie Walbridge, AW Safety Editor, at ccwalbridge@cs.com.
Date	Name	Age	Boat	River	Location	Class	Cause
14-Jul	Carlos Gonzales	24	Raft	John Day R	OR	?	No PFD
14-Jul	H.J. Pratt	27	Tube	Potomac R	MD/WV	II	No PFD
14-Jul	David Christoferson	49	Canoe	Wenachee R	WA	III	No PFD; Foot Entrapment
21-Jul	Jason Powell	30	Raft	Poudre R.	CO	?	Foot Entrapment
22-Jul	Brian Shealy	??	Wading	Saluda R	SC	III	Foot Entrapment; Failed Rescue
22-Jul	Bennie Hicks	56	Kayak	Colorado R.	UT	?	No Info
29-Jul	Angela Smith	27	Raft	Mad River	OH	I	Logjam; No PFD
4-Aug	Babu Gurusbrami	27	Wading	Chattahoochee	GA	I-II	Swept Away
5-Aug	Lisa Hohl	36	John Boat	Wisconsin R.	WI	?	Low Head Dam
5-Aug	Ning Zhu	39	Wading	Wisconsin R.	WI	?	Low Head Dam
6-Aug	Bernd Knorr	39	Commercial Raft	Arkansas R	CO	III	Undercut Rock
6-Aug	Jennifer Knorr	36	Commercial Raft	Arkansas R	CO	III	Undercut Rock
12-Aug	Jonathan McKnight	30	Tube	Hiawassee R	TN	I-II	Caught in Tube
25-Aug	Madison Gail	6	Raft	Yakima R	WA	?	Dam Spillway
30-Aug	Howard Dickerson	29	I-K	New River	WV	IV	Undercut Rock
3-Sep	Vidu Anand	29	Canoe	Schulkill R.	PA	I	Pinned on bridge pier
3-Sep	Tara Anand	30	Canoe	Schulkill R.	PA	I	Pinned on bridge pier
1-Nov	Stephen Korinchak	28	K-1	Papallacta R.	Ecuador	IV	Strainer
24-Nov	Juliette Garcia	33	K-1	Guadalupe R.	TX	II	Pinning; high water
First Half Total: 17 Kayak		5 Canoe	5 Raft	1 IK            1 K-1 was International)
Second Half Total: 4 Kayak		4 Canoe	7 Raft	I IK  ( 2 Tube	2 Wading)  (1 K-1 was international)
Total for 2001:    21 Kayak		9 Canoe	12 Raft	2 IK