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>> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided to try rafting for the first time. with a group of friends, two rafts and...

At the kearn county sheriffs office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided to try rafting for the first ti...

It was at a very high level but i didnt really know what to compare it with. >> despite the boiling current, the group launches their boats. within moments, everything goes wrong. >> we saw that tree coming right in front of us and then we hit it head-on. there was nothing that could be done to stay in that boat. >> i was in the current and things happened so fast, that i dont remember exactly the sequence of things. but i grabbed on to that tree. >> grateful to be alive, mike clambers into the ...

One that keeps the rescue team at the kearn county sheriffs office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided ...

The united states, and it flows really fast. >> but the river has a dark side as well. one that keeps the rescue team at the kearn county sheriffs office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kern river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer ker...

In, and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided to try rafting for the first time. with a group of friends, two rafts and two guides, they head for the rive...

Really fast. >> but the river has a dark side as well. one that keeps the rescue team at the kearn county sheriffs office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 20...

>> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided to try rafting for the first time. with a group of friends, two rafts and...

At the kearn county sheriffs office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and they get tired fighting the current, and they drown. >> the boulders that are just under water level, theyre the size of a volkswagen. thats usually what people smash into. weve had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the rivers nickname is the killer kearn. >> on a warm june day in 2010, two friends, mike mccave and ed flickimer, decided to try rafting for the first ti...

At the kern county sheriffs office busy. >> people go in and swim or fall in and get tired fighting the current and drown. >> reporter: on a warm june day, mike mccave and dave decide to try rafting for the first time. with a group of friends and two rafts and two guides -- >> rate of speed, at a very high level. i didnt know what to compare it with. >> reporter: despite the boiling current, the group launches their boats. and within moments, everything goes wrong. >> we saw that tree coming rig...