Man goes wading with leg cast
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
"Rescuers on foot and aboard personal watercraft and boats, some with rescue dogs perched on the bow, searched for any sign of Justin Houk, 18. Houk, wearing a cast on his broken left leg, left his crutches on the shore about 10 p.m. Wednesday [5/9/02] and waded into Shoal Creek along a [boat]launch ramp before disappearing into the darkness."
This happened after several days of heavy rains and flooding of rivers and creeks, which all have swift currents. As of the morning of 5/11/02 his body had not been found, probably because it has a cast on one leg which is anchoring it to the creek bottom. Why he picked this time and place to go wading is not reported. Submitted on 05/11/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
Spfld MO NewsLeader 5/10/02
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