Another drowning at Verdun beach
Another drowning happened Monday afternoon at Verdun beach. CTV’s headline says “possible drowning” but the article goes on to say that “the man’s body was recovered Monday evening” which is pretty definitive. TVA is less tentative.
MarcG 07:30 on 2025-06-24 Permalink
I went by yesterday evening around 8pm after receiving an email at 5:30pm saying that the beach was closed because of an incident and there were still lots of cops on the scene and a search boat out on the water. I guess the police protocol for a missing person and a dead person are quite different because 2 weeks ago there were way fewer police around and the taped off area was much smaller.
There would have been lifeguards on duty, but I wonder if it was so busy they couldn’t do their job properly. I imagine they’re going to need some counselling.
Blork 11:50 on 2025-06-24 Permalink
I think the “possible” in “possible drowning” isn’t a reference to the uncertainty of the death, it’s about the uncertainty of the CAUSE of death. After all, the person might have died of a heart attack or a brain aneurysm or some other sudden event that happened while he was in the water. In that case it’s definitely a death but not a drowning.
In any event, my condolences to the family.
MarcG 12:45 on 2025-06-24 Permalink
I passed by this morning and the “safe swimming area” demarcated by rope and floating buoys was reduced to about half the size.
Nicholas 02:01 on 2025-06-25 Permalink
Another missing swimmer, at Cap St Jacques, and after two hours of searching they suspended the water search for the night. Whether swimming inside or, in this case, outside the area monitored by lifeguards, people really need to be careful. This is not a lake, this is a major river of the world.
Ian 10:29 on 2025-06-25 Permalink
People seem to forget that the river has a current. I feel like water safety should include more emphasis on what to do if a current seizes you, ie, don’t fight it, go low.
MarcG 09:58 on 2025-06-26 Permalink
They installed some decent signage yesterday. I find it a suspiciously fast turnaround, though, is it possible to have the graphic design and printing done that quickly? The pessimist in me thinks that they had the signs made when the beach was first created but decided not to put them up because of bad vibes.