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Not to knock him out and get this thing around his head, where eventually hes going to have to let go with both hands to get it up underneath his armpits and around him. >> this is the most dangerous moment of the whole rescue. if mccabe loses his footing now, it could be fatal. >> he would have been swept down river. whether he survived or not, i dont know. >> but nelsons timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. thats when we came up through the tree, an...

>> californias kearn river is a scenic, natural wonder and a popular play ground. >> one of the steepest rivers in 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...

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 ...

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 tree and considers his options. >> the current was so strong that i couldnt even move a couple of yards upstream. it was very dangerous and i just stayed where i was. >> fur...

Not to knock him out and get this thing around his head, where eventually hes going to have to let go with both hands to get it up underneath his armpits and around him. >> this is the most dangerous moment of the whole rescue. if mccabe loses his footing now, it could be fatal. >> he would have been swept down river. whether he survived or not, i dont know. >> but nelsons timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. thats when we came up through the tree, an...

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 ...

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...

>> this is the most dangerous moment of the whole rescue. if mccabe loses his footing now, it could be fatal. >> he would have been swept down river. whether he survived or not, i dont know. >> but nelsons timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this strap around him and gave the signal. thats when we came up through the tree, and we were about 25 feet up above the river, just enough to clear those trees. >> mccabe is so happy to be out of the tree, he almost loses his fear of heights. >> i reme...

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 tree and considers his options. >> the current was so strong that i couldnt even move a couple of yards upstream. it was very dangerous and i just stayed where i was. >> further down the river, ed has found something to hang onto. >> i grabbed on to that tree and pulled myself up. i was h...

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...