Oswego, NY -- Clifford Luther, the other fisherman who was swept away in the Oswego River last week, has died at Oswego Hospital. A hospital nursing supervisor said Luther, 52, of Horseheads, Chemung County, died Tuesday. He and three friends were fishing the Oswego River near the Brookfield Renewable Power Varick dam Sept. 28 when the water level in the...
Oswego, NY -- Clifford Luther, the other fisherman who was swept away in the Oswego River last week, has died at Oswego Hospital.
A hospital nursing supervisor said Luther, 52, of Horseheads, Chemung County, died Tuesday.
He and three friends were fishing the Oswego River near the Brookfield Renewable Power Varick dam Sept. 28 when the water level in the river increased quickly. Luther and Leonard Nichols, 45, of Wellsburg, Chemung County, were swept down river toward Oswego Harbor.
Nichols died that day at the hospital. Luther had been hospitalized in critical condition.
Their companions, Wayne Weller, of Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, and David Robinson, of Hancock, Delaware County, both 46, clung to a sign pole before being rescued by Oswego city fire personnel.
Fishermen who were on the scene that day said Brookfield did not sound an alarm before releasing water down river that day.
A meeting is set for 6 p.m. today at the Econo Lodge in Oswego to discuss safety on the river. Representatives with the city, county tourism, Brookfield power, the Coast Guard, the Port Authority of Oswego, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, local businesses, city agencies and fishing guides and local fishermen will talk about what to do to make the river safer for fishermen.