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Has Lake Lanier become too dangerous?
Recent accidents are giving the lake a bad reputation
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A boat towing youngsters makes it way up Lake Lanier near Thompson Bridge Park on Monday afternoon. So far this year there have been two drownings and three deaths in boating accidents on Lake Lanier. That compares to 10 dorwnings last year and seven deaths from boating accidents.
Lake Lanier is having an image crisis. The popular tourist destination, which sees almost 8 million visitors a year, was trending nationally on Twitter after a Friday accident critically injured an 11-year-old boy believed to be related to the entertainer Usher. The incident came less than a month after a boating accident killed Jake Prince, 9, and his brother Griffin Prince, 13, both of Buford, which resulted in a nine-day search for Griffin’s body and significant attention from Atlanta media.