Search for misssing Fire Chief continues

Shawn Alladio · 12-23-2008, 02:02 AM

Search for former fire chief continues

Posted: Dec 22, 2008 01:50 PM PST

By Karen Cohilas -

December 22, 2008

ALBANY, GA (WALB) - The search continues for a former Coffee County fire chief who disappeared on the Altamaha River Saturday.

67-year old Jimmy Porter fell off a jet ski on Altamaha River between Montgomery and Jeff Davis Counties. He wasn't wearing a life jacket.

The Montgomery County Sheriff says a witness saw Porter make a circle in the river with his Jet Ski. When he hit one of the waves that the turn created, it knocked him off of the Jet Ski.

Investigators used a helicopter and dogs in the search Monday. Tomorrow, the Sheriff hopes to put a dive team in the water.

skyviper19765 · 12-23-2008, 05:15 AM

wow that sucks, i know im going to seem like an @sshole but you would think that a fire chief would wear a life jacket. and at 67 what is he doing on a ski?

blacktsi · 12-23-2008, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by skyviper19765

wow that sucks, i know im going to seem like an @sshole but you would think that a fire chief would wear a life jacket. and at 67 what is he doing on a ski?

lol.. exactly what I was thinking. ^^^
Still hope they find him though, preferably alive.(so i don't sound like the @ss =P)