2 Iowa State students who died when boat capsized identified
Posted March 30, 2021 7:00 am
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Two Iowa State University students who died when their school crew boat capsized on a lake were residents of Washington D.C. and Illinois, authorities announced Tuesday.
Yaakov Ben-David, 20, a sophomore accounting major from Washington D.C., and Derek Nanni, 19, a freshman chemistry major from Normal, Illinois, drowned in the boating accident Sunday, Hamilton County and Iowa State police said.
Their boat capsized on Little Wall Lake, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) north of Ames, where Iowa State is located.
Three other crew members were rescued by people who lived around the lake. Their names have not been released.
The students were part of the Iowa State Crew Club, a recognized student organization.
Law enforcement resumes the search for a missing Iowa State University Crew Club member on Monday, March 29, 2021, at Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County. The ISU student has been missing since the rescue of three other students and the death of one on the lake Sunday. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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Law enforcement gather near a boat ramp on Little Wall Lake as they resume the search for a missing Iowa State University Crew Club member on Monday, March 29, 2021, in Hamilton County. The ISU student has been missing since the rescue of three other students and the death of one on the lake Sunday. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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The search and rescue team returns to the shore of Little Wall Lake, on Monday, March 29, 2021, in Hamilton County. This was the second day of searching on the lake after a member of the Iowa State Crew Club had gone missing there on Sunday. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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Responders and search crews gather at Little Wall Lake Sunday evening, March 28, 2021, after five members of the Iowa State Crew Club were involved in a boating accident earlier in the morning. (Amber Mohmand/The Des Moines Register via AP)
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