One of the rescuers on that recovery mission on the Coosa River in Gadsden has died, reports myfoxal.com (http://bit.ly/1btQMWw)
Vicky Ryan was pronounced dead just before 10:30 last night at Riverview Regional Medical Center. Coroner Michael Head says the cause of her death is drowning.
瑞安了她的丈夫,fellow rescue squad member Houston, Ryan and a son.
Two Etowah County Rescue Squad boats capsized while they were searching for a possible drowning victim on Saturday.
About nine rescuers were pulled from the water. Several of them were taken to the Riverview Regional Medical Center.
救援rs were searching for a kayaker believed to have capsized while attempting to go over an artificial waterfall near Brook Avenue on Saturday morning. The kayak was still floating in the area when rescuers arrived but the person never resurfaced.
Authorities initially responded with one boat but it capsized near the waterfall and the crew fell into the creek. A second boat responded to rescue the first crew but it too feel victim to the waterfall and capsized.
