Labor Day boating roundup: Man drowns on Lake Lanier, body found in 25 feet of water

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has released its final boating statistics for the Labor Day weekend.

Officials responded to a total of four incidents between Saturday and Monday.

The most notable incident happened on Saturday afternoon when a 46-year-old Vinings man drowned while swimming in Lake Lanier.

Hasani Kamau Widemond, 46, was swimming from shore back to his boat when he went underwater and did not resurface.

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Game wardens located him in approximately 25 feet of water using boat-mounted sonar.

Then, on Monday, a 28-year-old woman was flown to a hospital in Columbus after taking a bad fall while wakeboarding.

Her current status is unclear.

The other two incidents did not result in severe injuries.

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