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At the kearn county sheriff's 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, they're the size of a volkswagen. that's usually what people smash into. we've had over 250 actual drownings in the kearn river since they started keeping stats. >> the river's 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 river. when they get t...

There was nothing that could be done to stay in that boat. >> i was in the current and things happened so fast, that i don't 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 couldn't 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 on to. >> i grabbed on to that tree and pulled myself up. i was holding on for dear life. >> one of the guides of their expeditio...

This thing around his head, where eventually he's 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 don't know. >> but nelson's timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. that's 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...

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 don't know. >> but nelson's timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. that's 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 remember dangling there and saying kind of fun bei...

Not to knock him out and get this thing around his head, where eventually he's 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 don't know. >> but nelson's timing is perfect. >> i was able to get this drop around him and gave the signal. that's 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 ha...