A Saratoga Springs man drowned on Memorial Day in the Hudson River. 50 year old James Mittler was pulled from the river in Lake Luzerne, but later pronounced dead at Glens Falls Hospital. According to WNYT, it all started around 11:30 a.m. when bystanders near Bay Road heard a child in the water yelling for help. Two people helped the child, but then they found out a man had been underwater for several minutes. By the time Mittler was pulled from the water it was too late.