Identity of rafter released

DICKINSON COUNTY, MI--   Officials have released additional details regarding the death of a rafter on the Menominee River. 

The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Department says Mark Fackler, 59, of Mundelein, Illinois was with a group on Piers Gorge Tuesday afternoon.  His raft apparently hit a rock in some rapids and tipped over, throwing him and a woman into the water.  The woman was able to escape, but Fackler became trapped underneath.  His body was recovered around 4 p.m. 

The group was rafting through Northwoods Adventures out of Vulcan.