DELTA COUNTY, MI-- Two kayakers are lucky to be alive, after they became stuck in Delta County rapids Friday night.
Sheriff’s deputies received a call around 9:10 p.m. reporting that four kayakers had capsized on the Escanaba River near Boney Falls. Two were able to make it to shore; the other two remained in the water.
The Sheriff’s Department, troopers from the Gladstone Post, and the Delta County Search and Rescue Team responded to the site. They located a 21-year-old Bark River man and 19-year-old Escanaba woman lodged in some rapids south of the Boney Falls dam. The two were freed with swift water rescue equipment, treated at the scene, and released.
