Well, the article said that it occurred "on the Rio Grande in Texas Monday afternoon." I assumed by that they meant Monday, Oct. 15th.
I e-mailed todd.ruiz@dailybulletin.com and asked for clarification. I'll let you know if I hear back from him.
I couldn’t find recent date on it either. It sounds like the incident from a year back.
This is on old article from January 24, 2006. Apparently it’s getting e-mailed around. Unfortunately, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin website doesn’t have a publication date for the article listed so when people go to post it who aren’t familiar with the story they think it is a new incident.