Long Island man pulled from Lake George dies

Posted at: 09/03/2012 1:33 PM | Updated at: 09/03/2012 7:44 PM
By: WNYT Staff

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Lake George - A Long Island man dies after rescuers pull him from Lake George.

28-year-old Raja Podapoti was with a group of friends at Shepard’s Park Beach on Sunday.

Emergency crews were called in, after his friends noticed he never came out of the water.

Rescuers were able to briefly revive Podapoti’s heartbeat, but he later died at Glens Falls Hospital.





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