Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate tētahi kaimahi pāmu waiu o Connecticut i muri i tana hopu i te 'koranga o te witi'. Ko Donald Merchant, 54, no South Windham, e nekeneke ana i te witi i te puranga nui i te Square A Farm i Repanona i te ahiahi o te Mane. E ai ki te pirihimana, i a ia e heke ana i te waka pāmu, ka hinga ki runga ki a ia ētahi o ngā kai kau. He aitua ohorere: Ko Donald Merchant, 54, o South Windham, e neke ana i te witi mai i te puranga nui i te Square A Farm i Repanona (i runga ake nei) i te ahiahi o te Mane. I kitea a Merchant e ētahi atu kaimahi o te pāmu, nāna ia i keri. I karanga rātau ki te 911, ā, i mahi i te CPR tae noa ki te taenga mai o ngā kaitiaki urupare ki te wāhi o te parekura. I kawea ia ki tētahi hōhipera o te rohe i reira i kīa ai kua mate ia i mua tata o te 5:30 i te ahiahi. Te pūtake o te raruraru: E ai ki te pirihimana, i te wa i heke mai ai a Merchant i te waka pāmu, ka hinga ki runga i a ia etahi o nga kai kau - i kitea ia e etahi atu kaimahi pāmu, nana nei i keri ia. Ko te tuahine o Merchant, ko Wendy, i haere ki Facebook ki te tangi i tona matenga. I te taha o tētahi whakaahua tawhito a te whānau i tuhituhi ia: 'Kia ora koe e taku teina reka... i a koe e tipu ana, i tino tiaki tonu koe i tōu "kōhungahunga"... ahau... tae noa ki te wā i whai tamariki ai koe. He tino waimarie koe i a koe i a koe i aroha ai ki a koe nga tamariki katoa. Aroha ana ahau ki a koe Don - toku teina nui. Kua ngaro kē koe.' Kāore te take tūturu o te matenga i tukuna.
I whakamahia e Donald Merchant tētahi taputapu hei nekehanga i te witi mai i tētahi puranga nui i te Square A Farm i Repanona i te ahiahi o te Mane. I a ia e heke mai ana i te waka pāmu, ka taka iho ki runga ki a ia etahi kai kau. I whakamātau ētahi atu kaimahi pāmu ki te whakaora i a ia kia tae mai ra ano ngā kaiāwhina. I kiia a Merchant kua mate i te hohipera o te rohe i mua tata o te 5:30 i te ahiahi.