I just got the news info from Wallace Idaho. It is the next county over from us and we respond over there quite a bit. Its mostly Alpine Lakes, Creeks and Rivers. All their water feeds our water.
For some reason a man holding a 2-year-old fell into the river as it passes through town. That section of river has steep concrete sides with basically no way out.
Witnesses reported that when they fell in the man hit his head on the wall. The two were swept approx. ½ mile down stream before by-standers, who jumped in, were able to get them out.
Sounds like CPR was done on both but as of the latest reports both are still alive in separate Spokane hospitals.
We have made several recoveries out of those waters over the years. It is not fun this time of the year. Its cold snowmelt, fast moving and depth varies a lot.
A few years ago a famous movie star lost her daughter in that water around 5 miles from this incident. About 3 miles away and around 5 years ago we had 2 children die when they were thrown out the back window of a car that went into the river tail first. The boy was very hard to find and moved from one river to another upstream about 200 yards. To make matters worse he was black and dressed in olive colored clothing. That combination blended very well with the heavy vegetation along the riverbank.
Need some prayers for the two survivors. We are hoping the child is still alive. The hospital doesnt have a last name and cant get ahold of anyone so no info is being released.
Gary D.
For some reason a man holding a 2-year-old fell into the river as it passes through town. That section of river has steep concrete sides with basically no way out.
Witnesses reported that when they fell in the man hit his head on the wall. The two were swept approx. ½ mile down stream before by-standers, who jumped in, were able to get them out.
Sounds like CPR was done on both but as of the latest reports both are still alive in separate Spokane hospitals.
We have made several recoveries out of those waters over the years. It is not fun this time of the year. Its cold snowmelt, fast moving and depth varies a lot.
A few years ago a famous movie star lost her daughter in that water around 5 miles from this incident. About 3 miles away and around 5 years ago we had 2 children die when they were thrown out the back window of a car that went into the river tail first. The boy was very hard to find and moved from one river to another upstream about 200 yards. To make matters worse he was black and dressed in olive colored clothing. That combination blended very well with the heavy vegetation along the riverbank.
Need some prayers for the two survivors. We are hoping the child is still alive. The hospital doesnt have a last name and cant get ahold of anyone so no info is being released.
Gary D.