Man, 20, drowns after slipping down NY waterfall

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LONG LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — A man drowned in an Adirondack Mountains river after police say he was swept down the rocky Buttermilk Falls and pinned by the current.

State police say 20-year-old Nicolas Padilla lost his footing Saturday as he and a friend were climbing up the rocks at the side of the falls.

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