The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has identified Sunday’s drowning victim at Lake Lanier as Marines Rosa Dillon of Cumming. Dillon, 59, who could not swim, fell off a dock at her Hope Road home while trying to grab a turtle in the water, her husband, Dan Dillon, told rescuers. Unable to swim himself, he jumped in after her to try to help, he said.
Husband: Sunday's drowning victim did not know how to swim
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