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Video captures rescue of river tubing group stranded for 3 days, living off bark and flowers

Headline from East Idaho News

Pushing through dense, shoulder-high brush near a river in west Michigan, a trooper yells out: “Make some noise!” A boy’s scream can be heard in the distance on body camera footage showing how rescue teams last week found two women and a 9-year-old boy who had been stranded for three days after thei…

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8 articles, oldest first.

  1. Fox News

    Michigan rescuers find family stranded for 3 days after tubing trip in dramatic video (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Video captures the moment Michigan State Police and DNR conservation officers locate a family stranded for days after tubing on the Muskegon River.

  2. East Idaho News

    Video captures rescue of river tubing group stranded for 3 days, living off bark and flowers (opens East Idaho News)

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    East Idaho News's feed description

    Pushing through dense, shoulder-high brush near a river in west Michigan, a trooper yells out: “Make some noise!” A boy’s scream can be heard in the distance on body camera footage showing how rescue teams last week found two women and a 9-year-old boy who had been stranded for three days after thei…

  3. WMUR

    Video shows rescue of river tubing group stranded for 3 days, living off bark and flowers (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Body camera footage shows how rescuers found two women and a 9-year-old boy who were stranded for three days when their river tubing trip in Michigan went wrong.

  4. Washington Times

    Two women, boy rescued in Michigan woods three days after getting lost while river tubing (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Michigan state troopers successfully rescued two women and a boy from a remote wooded area after the three were lost while tubing on a river.

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