[Evans, Marv]

In 1969 I was working for the Natl. Park Svc. in Sequoia when we got a report of a drowning down on the Kawea River at a picknic area. The river was swollen and running wild from the wet winter runoff. A five year old girl had slipped into the river and gone down river. The father went in after her and went down the river. Then the 16 year old son went in to save the father and went down the river. A telephone worker recovered the little girl's body in a whirl pool a ilttle way down the river. We recovered the son's body later that day and kept looking for the father. The next day we were going down the river (two guys on each side) when the guys on the other side readioed another person in the river & coming down. He passed by us quickly and we ran down river to try to catch up with him. We finally recovered him later that day but never found the father. Out of the family of four, only the mother was left. It was really sad.