Elderly Dies After Drowning In Sullivan County

Loch Sheldrake - A Five Towns man died Friday afternoon after being found at the bottom of a Loch Sheldrake swimming pool.

Saul Klausner, was found at the bottom of the pool at approximately 5 PM by a teenage girl who ran to call for help.


Hatzolah, responded to the emergency call and units on scene began CPR at Vacation Village and requested a chopper to transport.

Klausner, was transported to the Loch Sheldrake fire station where he was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, while enroute Klausner went back into cardiac arrest, so they diverted to St. Francis hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY where he was pronounced dead.

{NewYorkBuffMedia Newsroom - Photos by: Yitzi K / JDN}