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At the kearn county sheriff's office, the air support team of deputies mcadoo and nelson. >> we got our gear together that we needed to conduct the hoist rescue, pulled the helicopter out, took off and started heading out there. >> as we were going out there, the first ground units arrived on scene and actually confirmed that they had six people stuck in three different trees. >> when they reached the scene, mcadoo and nelson are surprised at how swollen the river is. >> stuff that's usually dry land was underwater. >> it was shocking to see the peril that these people were in. >> the ground t...

>> he got it around me just really quickly, then the helicopter maneuvered me toward the shore. >> a grateful ed rejoins his fellow rafters as deputy mcadoo goes back to lift the other man off the log. >> it was quite an amazing feat to have walked away with as limited an injury that i had. >> both men are aware of how close they came to becoming one more dismal notch on the belt of the killer kearn. >> you never think you're going to be a statistic. you think that's only going to happen to someone else. it was a close call. >> it's not a disneyland ride. if you fall in the river, there are no...

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. rafts, and two guides, they head for the river. when they get there, mike wonders if they have made a mistake. >> the riv...

The same about carson. now back to "caught on camera." welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. on a warm summer day, a rafting trip nearly turns fatal when beginners encounter a river, wild and swollen with snow melt. the rescue that follows is a high wire act and it's caught on not just one, but two cameras. novice rafters get the ride of a lifetime and wind up cheating death. >> it was shocking to see the peril that these people were in. >> california's kearn river is a scenic, natural wonder and a popular playground. >> one of the steepest rivers in the united states and ...

>> had these people lost consciousness, fallen off into the river, we would have had a much more perilous mission that we might not have been able to save them. >> finally, mcadoo reaches ed and deftly whips the harness over his head. >> he got it around me just really quickly, then the helicopter maneuvered me toward the shore. >> a grateful ed rejoins his fellow rafters as deputy mcadoo goes back to lift the other man off the log. >> it was quite an amazing feat to have walked away with as limited an injury that i had. >> both men are aware of how close they came to becoming one more dismal ...