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Stranded rafters rescued
Last Updated 5:44 am PDT Monday, May 5, 2008
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B2
SODA CREEK – A train's crew member was instrumental in helping to rescue eight rafters stranded Saturday on the banks of the Sacramento River in Shasta County.
The crew member was on a train passing through the upper Sacramento River Canyon near Soda Creek and contacted law enforcement after he heard the shouts of rafters who were stranded on the east side of the river.
Shasta County sheriff's deputies and officers in a California Highway Patrol helicopter responded to the area, and all railroad traffic was stopped going through the canyon, according to a Sheriff's Department press release.
The helicopter airlifted seven adults and a 7-year-old boy. None of the rafters was reported injured.
– Bee Metro staff
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