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People struggled to keep their heads above the swift waters of the Willamette and McKenzie rivers when holiday weekend recreation turned into frightening, life-threatening emergencies.
Rescue crews frequently respond to people in urgent need on these rivers. While they flow through city limits, the waters are anything but tame. They flow from the mountains, and retain a chilling, unpredictable character as they pass through built environments in Eugene and Springfield…