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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK
TWO LIVES LOST
ELIZABETHTOWN CHAZY
There was no way I could help them
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—Lionel Peryea
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A submerged vehicle was found the morning of Aug. 29 in the Great Chazy River in the Clinton County town of Altona. The bodies of Mikita C. Fox, 23, of Wikemikong, Ontario, and Danine R. Swamp, 24, of Nedrow, were recovered downriver later that day.
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Accident on Great Chazy River claims two lives By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com ALTONA — The lives of a young man and woman were lost following the violent weather that gripped the region last Sunday. Mikita C. Fox, 23, of Wikemikong, Ontario, and Danine R. Swamp, 24, of Nedrow, died following a motor vehicle accident Aug. 28 on Devils Den Road in the town of Altona. According to state police reports, the
vehicle in which Fox and Swamp were traveling, a 2011 Buick sedan, traversed a bridge over the Great Chazy River that had partially washed away as a result of intense rain that evening. As the vehicle entered the bridge, it was pulled into the river as a result of the extreme current and water level, authorities stated. The roadway had reportedly been marked off to warn motorists of the unsafe road conditions. Lionel Peryea, who resides just a few
hundred feet away from the bridge, was one of the first people on scene at the accident. Peryea said he and his wife had been watching the evening news on television and had went to bed when sometime after 11 p.m. the two were suddenly awoken. “We no more than dozed off and minutes later we heard squealing of tires,” said Peryea. The two sprang from their bed and Peryea went outside onto his deck which
faces north toward the river. “When I looked off the deck, I could see two red lights circling, spinning,” he recalled. Peryea said he ran back into the house to call 9-1-1. When he returned to the deck moments later, Peryea said he could see headlights before the vehicle flipped over again in the water with the vehicle's taillights visible before finally submerging in the water and traveling out of sight.
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PLATTSBURGH — The United Way of the Adirondack Region is setting its sights a little higher this year for the nonprofit organization’s annual fundraising campaign. Gerald H. Morrow, chairman of this year’s campaign, said the amount the local United Way hopes to raise this year has increased from $750,000 to $775,000. The in-
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and providing the team with the energy it needs to do even more for the 39 partner agencies the local United Way helps, said Morrow. “That just shows how the North Country pulls together,” Morrow said of exceeding last year’s goal. Morrow, who serves as supervisor of the town of Chesterfield in Essex County, said he was first asked to get involved with the United Way three years ago. Until that point, Morrow
crease, said Morrow, is based on the growing economic need in the organization’s service area, which spans Clinton, Essex and Franklin counties. “I’m 110 percent confident,” Morrow said of the team being able to meet the new goal. “I have no doubt that the North Country will come through. They always do.” The campaign team — which consists of volunteers from throughout the tri-county region — exceeded last year’s goal, proving it can be done
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