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The group launches their boats. and 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, just 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 yar...

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...