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Very sad. I first met Ron last year when he volunteered, here on the bikepgh message board (using the pseudonym @cowchip), to do leaf-raking and cleanup of the Duck Hollow Trail. When he contacted me a couple months ago about cleanups of leaves and litter on the Steel Valley Trail, I encouraged him to come to a Steel Valley Trail Council meeting. Ron was active with cub scouts and with Allegheny Cleanways. Ron was a very generous, helpful, and energetic person. This is very sad! from the Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2015/04/23/Unresponsive-kayaker-pulled-from-Monongahela-River-in-Braddock/stories/201504230203 Kayaker dies after accident on Monongahela River in Braddock April 23, 2015 8:36 PM By Lexi Belculfine / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A 46-year-old man from Munhall died after Pittsburgh River Rescue pulled him from the Monongahela River in Braddock on Thursday afternoon. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said Ronald Vahosky died at 6:20 p.m. in the emergency room of UPMC Presbyterian. Emergency responders were called just before 5 p.m. to the Braddock public boat ramp on 11th Street, an Allegheny County emergency dispatch supervisor said. Braddock Mayor John Fetterman said River Rescue searched for the kayaker for about 45 minutes to an hour before finding him near the Rankin Bridge. He was separated from his life vest and kayak, which was found wedged under a coal barge. Personnel from River Rescue, a division of the city’s Emergency Medical Services, performed CPR on him before he was transported to the hospital, Mr. Fetterman said. --- Last year's cleanup thread: http://localhost/mb/topic/duck-hollow-clean-up/#post-291818 That's Ron in the orange jacket, and Ron Jr in the ATV. Photo from 2014/3/1.