“The forces on us were absolutely incredible,” Rivers said Sunday. “To be honest with you, I don’t know exactly how I was able to hang onto him for as long as I did. It was definitely not easy. I’m very sore today.” The team was called out at 3:08 p.m. Saturday, arriving on the scene just 12 minutes later. “We found the individual straddling a log in the middle of the river … So a very precarious position.” That’s when Rivers attached his ropes and was lowered 26 metres from a cliff into the water. “We know that he is going to quite cold so we wanted to move urgently.”
Hypothermic man pulled from river in high-risk rescue
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High-risk rescue pulls hypothermic man from river in Little Qualicum Falls Park
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Hypothermic man pulled from river in dramatic high-risk rescue
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