Video captures rescue of river tubing group stranded for 3 days, living off bark and flowers
Pushing through dense, shoulder-high brush near a river in west Michigan, a trooper…
A video from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources provides a harrowing account of how conservation officers rescued three individuals who had been stranded for three days while river tubing on the Muskegon River in Twin Lake, Michigan. As the officers pushed through dense, shoulder-high brush, the sound of a young boy's scream could be heard in the background on the body camera footage.
Conservation officer Cameron Wright, from Newaygo County, urged the group to make noise as they made their way through sharp switchgrass and stinging nettle. Upon their discovery, the rescuers found Sarah Vida, 28, her 9-year-old son Kayden Kovalcik, and Jazmin Hock, 28, all in a state of exhaustion. Hock had severe cuts on her legs from the vegetation and only had a few sips of water left in her broken phone and a single water bottle.
The trio was reported missing after one of the women failed to show up to her dentist appointment. The conservation officer who assisted in the rescue, Anna Cullen from Muskegon County, expressed amazement at their survival, stating that it was a miracle they were found as they were running out of options and potential search locations.
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