Just last week, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior Casey McHugh came between two intoxicated people and the river.
â??I think that it is something no one should ever die from,â? he said. â??But, it has happened so much in the past.â?
For nearly two years, student volunteers have been an extra set of eyes along the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown La Crosse as part of Operation: River Watch.