Thursday, February 7, 2013

3 Water Rescue Operations And 1 Drowning Death On The Stanislaus River - Modesto News

3 Water Rescue Operations And 1 Drowning Death On The Stanislaus River - Modesto News Video Clips. Duration : 6.87 Mins.


Today in Stanislaus County rescuers were called into action to in three water rescues back to back to back on the Stanislaus River. 6 people were rescued in the operations and one young man drowned. Modesto News .org was the only news agency there from the start to bring you footage of all three rescue operations. The operations began around 4 pm when the Stanislaus County Fire Department and the Oakdale City Fire Department were called to Jacob Meyers Park in Riverbank for reports of two people stranded down river on the riverbank after the inflatable boat they were in hit something in the water and sank. They were able to swim to the banks of the river and were rescued. Modesto News .org spoke with them after their brush with death. As Firefighters were loading their boats into their boats onto their trailers a second call came out for two men who were stranded on the banks of the same river upstream in Oakdale, Ca. They were traveling down the river when the inflatable raft they were in was punctured and sank as well. As the second boat arrived in Oakdale and was casting off to assist in this rescue a third call came out. There were reports of two men clinging to branches on the side of the same river and a third man who had gone under. The location of this call was Jacob Meyers Park. The same location the crews had just left. The boat that had just arrived was quickly loaded back onto the trailer while the first boat stayed to complete the rescue in Oakdale. The Swift ...

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