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As a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft lines up nicely. raft goes over the waterfall, and then they come through that unscathe...

>> naomi surfaces far beyond the last person standing on the river banks with throw rope. and everyone knows they have to act now. only 50 yards downstream is another set of dangerous rapids and a huge drop. naomi, who has taken a beating in the cold water, has little left in her. >> shes not swimming like any of the other people who came out. they swam like hell. so she has no energy left. she just rolled like a rag doll. it was really frightening to watch because thats a person whos really alm...

Ready with throw rope and quickly helps him to safety. >> so that certainly didnt go unnoticed by the fourth raft. when they ran through, as the raft was lining up, everything looked good, they were maneuvering well. >> all we see is the boat just come over this falls and just stop. it almost kind of stops vertically, like it didnt hit the water and skip forward. it just kind of plugs into the water, and what we see is really scary. >> the guide in the back lands on his head in the middle of the...

Because you get a little bit of air, you get shoved to the bottom of the river, then you come up. and thats the most frightening part is, we know shes getting tired. weve seen her swimming. shes tried to swim away from this raft a number of times and she just gets sucked right back to it. >> let go of the boat! >> john lane screams to her to let go of the boat. they need her to go downstream if theres going to be any chance of saving her. finally naomi lets go of the boat. then she disappears in...

Video camera that day and gets on top of the rocks to film the rafters coming through. as a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft ...

Rafters coming through. as a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready to tackle it. >> first raft lines up nicely. raft goes over the waterfall, and then they co...

And thats the most frightening part is, we know shes getting tired. weve seen her swimming. shes tried to swim away from this raft a number of times and she just gets sucked right back to it. >> let go of the boat! >> john lane screams to her to let go of the boat. they need her to go downstream if theres going to be any chance of saving her. finally naomi lets go of the boat. then she disappears into the white froth. >> and i just wait and i watched. and nothing came up. and then about 40 feet ...

Tired. weve seen her swimming. shes tried to swim away from this raft a number of times and she just gets sucked right back to it. >> let go of the boat! >> john lane screams to her to let go of the boat. they need her to go downstream if theres going to be any chance of saving her. finally naomi lets go of the boat. and then she disappears into the white froth. >> and i just wait and i watched. and nothing came up. and then about 40 feet past me, all of a sudden she pops back up in the water. a...

>> john lane is out with his video camera that day and gets on top of the rocks to film the rafters coming through. as a precaution, a large team is standing on the banks of the river with throw rope on hand. one of them is eric nugturn. >> in a class 5 river, something where the group youre with is probably the most important decision you can make because theyre really the ones that are there to save you if you make a big mistake. >> the team has already surveyed the rapid, and now theyre ready...

And then about 40 feet past me, all of a sudden she pops back up in the water. and at that point shes moving so fast, shes gone so far past me that i cant even throw my rope. >> naomi surfaces far beyond the last person standing on the river banks with throw rope. and everyone knows they have to act now. only 50 yards downstream is another set of dangerous rapids and a huge drop. naomi, who has taken a beating in the cold water, has little left in her. >> shes not swimming like any of the other ...