Rescue crews aid two on boat stuck on log south riverbank
Other Non-Crime Event (Water Rescue)Two people are on a boat stuck on a log near the south riverbank under a railroad bridge. They wear life jackets. The current is strong, and rescuers are trying to pull them to shore with additional resources. One person has a disability and cannot easily climb off. They are not in immediate danger, and responders are coordinating with fire department for help.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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00:00made contact with the boat and the occupants, they are tied up on a lawn about 30 yards off the South Riverbank.00:08And we are directly underneath a railroad bridge.00:15We don't really have anything able to get to them.00:18We've got a couple of throw ropes, but nothing really long enough to get them pulled back over to the shore.00:24They're not in any duress.00:26They both got life jackets on, but we just not really have a way to recover them.00:29Do you want to check with FD and see if they could maybe come out here with some different resources and try to least get these folks pulled a tour?00:40Yeah, are they stuck on that log, or are they just hanging on to it so they don't go any further?00:47Well, they have kind of intentionally put themselves on this log to the boat.00:51won't continue to float downstream.00:54And they're securing themselves to the log, but their occupants are still in.01:00One of them has some disabilities and is not able to really climb off the boat and get over to shore.01:07And this thing's flowing pretty good, so we don't really want to be able to water.01:12Okay,01:18everyone from the mind's bench much.
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made contact with the boat and the occupants, they are tied up on a lawn about 30 yards off the South Riverbank.
00:08
And we are directly underneath a railroad bridge.
00:15
We don't really have anything able to get to them.
00:18
We've got a couple of throw ropes, but nothing really long enough to get them pulled back over to the shore.
00:24
They're not in any duress.
00:26
They both got life jackets on, but we just not really have a way to recover them.
00:29
Do you want to check with FD and see if they could maybe come out here with some different resources and try to least get these folks pulled a tour?
00:40
Yeah, are they stuck on that log, or are they just hanging on to it so they don't go any further?
00:47
Well, they have kind of intentionally put themselves on this log to the boat.
00:51
won't continue to float downstream.
00:54
And they're securing themselves to the log, but their occupants are still in.
01:00
One of them has some disabilities and is not able to really climb off the boat and get over to shore.
01:07
And this thing's flowing pretty good, so we don't really want to be able to water.
01:12
Okay,
01:18
everyone from the mind's bench much.
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Des Moines, IA
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