Oregon’s Famous Blue Pool Turns Deadly After Swimmer Goes Under

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A swimmer has died at Blue Pool at Tamolitch Falls, one of Oregon’s most breathtaking and dangerous natural attractions. The death tragically follows a serious injury, when a woman was airlifted from Blue Pool just last month.

According to the Eugene Register-Guard, Upper McKenzie Rural Fire Protection District crews responded to a water rescue at the popular swimming hole off the McKenzie Highway just before 8:50 p.m. on June 26. Officials said a swimmer had gone underwater and did not resurface.

Responders later found the swimmer and recovered them from the water, but the person could not be revived.

As of this writing, officials have not publicly

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