The Seattle Times · Aug 3, 2015
Man drowns in Lake Washington after falling off boat
A diver from the Seattle Fire Rescue boat goes in the water to recover the body of a man who drowned in Andrews Bay in Lake Washington on the final day of Seafair on Sunday. (Bettina Hansen/The Seattle Times)A 32-year-old man drowned in Lake Washington after the Seafair hydroplane races on Sunday, authorities said.
Witnesses said he fell off a 20-foot pleasure boat and bobbed in the water, calling for help, according to Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore.
The emergency call went out at 7:12 p.m., and the victim’s body was found 1½ hours later about 150 yards offshore from Seward Park, in Andrews Bay, he said.