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Man drowns in swamp area near Georgia-South Carolina line

Divers have recovered the body of an Augusta man one day after he drowned in a swamp near the Georgia-South Carolina line. (AJC file photo)
Divers have recovered the body of an Augusta man one day after he drowned in a swamp near the Georgia-South Carolina line. (AJC file photo)
By The Associated Press
Aug 9, 2021

AUGUSTA — Divers have recovered the body of an Augusta man one day after he drowned in a swamp near the Georgia-South Carolina line.

Jamaal Warwell, 32, was found Sunday, one day after he went under water in a pond in the Phinizy Swamp area just south of Augusta, The Augusta Chronicle reported.

Warwell had been in a group participating in orienteering — a sport in which competitors race from one checkpoint to the next with just a map and compass, said Sgt. Brian Hobbins of the Department of Natural Resources.

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