Daily News | A man was found dead in Wissahickon Creek in apparent drowning
ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff PhotographerA man was found dead in Wissahickon Creek Friday evening, Philadelphia police said, in what appears to have been a drowning.
Officers and medics had responded to a 911 call reporting a man drowning in the creek near 7700 Forbidden Dr., according to police. The man, 21, was pronounced dead at 5:47 p.m.Swimming in Wissahickon Creek and other city streams and rivers is prohibited by city law, though people stillPhiladelphia's Wissahickon is slammed with millions of visitors, increasing trash, noise, risks
Dangers await swimmers in the creek, said Ruffian Tittman, executive director of the Friends of the Wissahickon. “It’s especially dangerous, in addition to diving into water you don’t know, to dive into areas around the dams because that force creates a churn that can be very hard to break out of even for an experienced swimmer,” TittmanOn Saturday, runners
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