Fisherman dies in Junction Pool

June 04, 2006
Fisherman dies in Junction Pool

By Melissa Rennie
Times Herald-Record

Roscoe - Justin Everrett, a 44-year-old New Jersey man, drowned about
4:30 p.m. yesterday in the turbulent waters of Junction Pool in Roscoe,
where he had been fly-fishing with four friends.
State police said the tragedy occurred when Everrett fell as he was
wading across the pool to join his friends.
Trooper Michael Park explained that where the Willowemoc and Beaverkill
rivers meet at the pool, "The water swirls around, and it's dug a pit
there."
Trooper Michael Schroeder said that while people often cross either
river safely by backing away from the pool first, it appears that
Everrett attempted to wade across too near the pool.
When he fell, the current pulled him under.
Everrett and his four lifetime buddies, Joseph Brice and Dennis Talal
of New Jersey and Richard Dingiloo and Charles Schilerro of New York,
were staying at the Roscoe Motel for a weekend of fly-fishing before
things went horribly wrong.
The four men told state troopers at the scene that they saw Everrett
go under. He came back up and yelled for help. As they moved to help
him, he went under again and never came back up.
Members of the Sullivan County dive team, volunteer ambulance corps
and New York state troopers responded to the scene.
The dive team retrieved Everrett's body from the pool, and medical
personnel administered CPR before transporting him to Catskill Regional
Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:28 p.m.
Senior Investigator Mike Orrego said Everrett was wearing chest
waders. "Once they fill up, it's like wearing an anchor," he said.
"There was something morbid about this, about people there. We had to
keep chasing them away. Here this man just lost his life and all they
wanted to do was get back to fishing," he added.