A drowning Sunday afternoon shattered what had been a quiet holiday weekend at Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. A woman who could not swim fell off a dock. Her husband also could not swim but tried to rescue her.
Sunday drowning mars otherwise quiet July Fourth weekend
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