Josh Novakovich’s body was found two days after he got swept away while attempting to ride the Turnagain Arm bore tide in Alaska
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- The body of paddleboarder Joshua Novakovich, 25, was recovered two days after he got swept away while attempting to ride the Turnagain Arm bore tide in Alaska on June 19
- Almost two months later, his father Matt recalled the last conversation he had with him
- He went on to say that while nobody is to blame, he feels like “a thousand things” could have saved his son
The father of a 25-year-old man who died while paddleboarding in Alaska two months ago is recalling their final phone conversation.
According to an Alaska State Troopers dispatch, authorities were notified on June 19 that an adult male paddleboarder — identified as Joshua Novakovich, of Anchorage — was being swept away in Turnagain Arm, a local waterway.
Anchorage Daily Newsreported that he was in the water for hours before authorities and witnesses, including his father and girlfriend, lost sight of him…