Eric Jordan Death – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has confirmed and release the identity of the man that drowned in east Tennessee lake on Friday evening, July 24, while trying to save a dog, as 52-year-old Eric Jordan, of North Carolina.
Reports says Jordan was traveling on a boat on Watauga Lake on Friday evening when a dog jumped into the water. He jumped into the water to rescue the dog, but began to have trouble in the water, says the agency.
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He was later pulled out by a bystander on a nearby houseboat. CPR was performed on him but he couldn’t be revived.
His body was taken to Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City for an autopsy.