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Show 123 "They were all facing (the same direction)," said Lt. Dave Bennett of the Utah County Search and Rescue team. "We believe they went to the cavern and were on their way out." Rescue crews began pumping water out of the cave and pumping oxygen back in to provide air for the victims in case they were alive and running out of air. The pumping lowered the water level by two feet, allowing the rescuers to safely enter and begin searching. It was nearly four hours from the time of the call to police before searchers discovered the first body. Maybe it's falling through the top of the world and all the way to the other side and it takes forever even though it's straight through. Two-thirds of drownings happen in the summer months: 40% occur on Saturday and Sunday. Some 90% occur in fresh water even in states with large coastal regions. More than half of these cases occur in home swimming pools. I have always been a good swimmer. It takes effort to talk myself going into a public pool because they're crowded, but give me a late night hotel pool |