Crime & Safety
City Man Drowns in Connecticut River
Fatbardh Latifi was among four people who jumped off a boat late Sunday to swim near Wethersfield Cove.
A 33-year-old Middletown man drowned late Sunday in the Connecticut River after jumping off a boat with three others near Wethersfield Cove, according to the Hartford Courant.
Fatbardh Latifi disappeared in the water at 5:47 p.m., according to CBS Connecticut after those in the boat helped a woman who was struggling in the water, the Courant reports.
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His body was discovered four hours later after Glastonbury, Hartford, East Hartford, Rocky Hill, state police and the U.S. Coast Guard coordinated rescue efforts.
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