NYCkayaker NJ kayaker (dead)

[Don Margiano]

Oh man.  Sure enough, every year we get hit with these stories.
The details are usually the same.  Very sad.  :<

Don



-----Original Message-----
From: nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net
[mailto:nyckayaker-bounces at rockandwater.net] On Behalf Of Richard Clifford
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 9:43 AM
To: nyckayaker
Subject: NYCkayaker NJ kayaker (dead)

NYCKayaker,
    Well, another story that does not surprise. Water temps on the Long 
Island Sound currently are 40.5 deg. F at Execution Rock and 41.5 deg. 
F. about 3 miles off of Greenwich, CT. Air temps are in the 30-s. - 
Richard Clifford


  Newsday.com


    Kayaker found dead

4:11 PM EST, December 25, 2007

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew locates a missing kayaker, but the man is 
dead.

Robert Guadiosi was found in the water of Little Egg Harbor on Christmas 
Eve.

The 22-year-old from Little Egg Harbor had been reported missing earlier 
Monday when he did not return from a short trip.

The Coast Guard says he was not wearing a life jacket or survival gear 
for cold weather.


  Kayaker is pronounced dead after found floating off Little Egg Harbor


      by George Berkin/The Star-Ledger
      Tuesday December 25, 2007, 10:35 PM

The missing kayaker found unresponsive Monday in Little Egg Harbor in 
southern New Jersey was pronounced dead after attempts to revive him 
were unsuccessful, Coast Guard officials said last night.

Robert Gaudiosi, 22, was found in the water of Little Egg Harbor on 
Christmas Eve, said Thomas Peck, a Coast Guard spokesman based in 
Atlantic City.

Gaudiosi had been reported missing earlier Monday when he did not return 
from a short trip. He was not wearing a life jacket or survival gear for 
cold weather, Peck said. He was found by a Coast Guard helicopter in 
Little Egg Harbor south of the Manahawkin Bridge, Peck said. Gaudiosi's 
kayak was found overturned, officials said.

"It makes it very difficult to find someone who is wearing camouflage 
... and they are not able to signal us that they're in trouble," Peck said.

The victim was pulled unresponsive from the 48-degree waters, officials 
said. Gaudiosi did not respond to attempts to revive him and was flown 
to Atlantic City Medical Center.

Gaudiosi's mother reported him missing around 3 p.m., about four hours 
after he left home, telling relatives he was "going out for a short 
kayak trip" but not saying where.





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Richard C. Clifford, Esq.
Attorney at Law*
1890 Palmer Avenue, Suite 302
Larchmont, NY 10538

Tel: (914) 834-0100 -or- 0757
Cell: (917) 854-5824
Fax: (914) 834-0888

RichardClifford at earthlink.net 
RichardClifford at NYSBar.com


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