'Pure foolishness': Stranded kayakers hang on for 30 minutes in frigid, fast-moving water
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The Bayham Fire Department (BFD) isn’t going to bother retrieving a stranded kayak along the banks of Big Otter Creek near Vienna, Ont. The vessel is wedged among debris along the bank of the creek as the result of being capsized Saturday afternoon.
The Bayham Fire Department (BFD) isn’t going to bother retrieving a stranded kayak along the banks of Big Otter Creek near Vienna, Ont.
The vessel is wedged among debris along the bank of the creek as the result of being capsized Saturday afternoon.
BFD, along with OPP and EMS, were called by a kayaker in distress to the creek east of Dennis Road.
“From there we were directed by one of the parties who had actually made his kayak to the other side of the bank,” said Harry Baranik, chief of BFD. “He yelled at us and directed us to where the people were. It was reported that two people were hanging off two branches in the middle of the stream.”
OPP said the two kayakers hung onto a branch for 30 minutes, and suffered mild hypothermia.
“This is life and death stuff,” said Baranik.
