10-Year-Old Drowns in Reading River Despite Heroic Rescue Attempts
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- 10-year-old Shadrack Appiah drowned in River Kennet on August 21.
- Shadrack, unable to swim, was afraid of water and never entered it by choice.
- His friend tried 10 times to save him before help arrived.
- Firefighters arrived in 20 minutes but couldn't revive Shadrack.
- The river's deceptively shallow appearance is a known hazard.
- An inquest ruled the drowning as an accidental misadventure.
- Reading Council added warning signs to improve river safety.