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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Three Utahns died aft being caught successful a whirlpool during a canyoneering travel successful the Sierra Nevada upland scope connected Friday, according to the Tulare County Fire Dept.
Fire officials responded to a imaginable drowning astatine Seven Teacups, a hiking country successful Tulare County, Calif., conscionable earlier 5:20 p.m. connected Friday. Upon accomplishment connected scene, occurrence unit recovered 3 radical deceased.
The 3 victims person been identified arsenic David Bell, Jeannine Skinner, and Peter On.
According to David Bell's sister -- Cyndi Bell -- the 3 were rappelling successful the area, and connected their past rappel, they went down into a excavation of water. Jeannine went first, according to Cyndi, and got caught successful a whirlpool.
Just after, Peter jumped successful to prevention her and became caught arsenic well. David past jumped successful to prevention them both, but each 3 drowned arsenic a result.
"They were capable to get their bodies retired successful astir 7 minutes and they did CPR connected them instantly and kept doing CPR for astir 20 minutes but they were not capable to revive immoderate of them," Cyndi wrote successful a Facebook post connected Saturday. "The bodies volition spell to the coroner and past I’m not definite however we get the bodies backmost to UTAH."
A GoFundMe has been created successful David's memory. An obituary for Peter has been posted here. A Facebook radical has been created successful representation of each 3 victims here.
An lawsuit called "Dancing Through Life" is being hosted astatine the Classic Fun Center successful Sandy connected Wednesday, Aug. 28, astatine 10 p.m. arsenic a tribute to the lives of Bell, On, and Skinner. The venue is located astatine 9151 S 255 W, Sandy, Utah.
