Potomac River Gorge deaths reignite warning efforts

This week’s deaths raised to eight the number of deaths in the Potomac River Gorge since the start of 2009. That’s after no one died in the gorge between 2004 and 2008.

So local agencies — including the National Park Service, the U.S. Park Police and Montgomery and Fairfax counties — have joined with private organizations to raise awareness of the river’s myriad dangers.