Another incident proving one thing...use a weather radio and prepare for the unexpected, this just in, from tonights big rain dump... Stephen Powell, media spokesperson for Toronto Fire, told the Star a group of 15 kayakers just south of the Toronto Humber Yacht Club ran into trouble in the nighttime downpour. Twelve of the kayakers were able to make it safely to shore, but three became stranded on a marshy sandbar towards the east side of the river. “The three people on the sandbar were okay, and standing,” said Powell. “But it was very marshy. I imagine in this weather the ground was getting softer and softer.” A rescue boat was being prepared to save the kayakers, but they were able to make it out on their own. Powell says he was relieved everyone was safely out of the water — and miraculously uninjured. “In the end they were able to paddle themselves out,” said Powell. “We were able to push the kayaks back to them. The current [of the river] is too strong for them to paddle against, so police are going to transport them back to the north end.”
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 04:43:51 +0000
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