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Karly Fear was paddling peacefully in the cerulean Willamette River with her mom when she was side-swept by a hidden current. The kayak started taking on water.
Just upstream of the Interstate 5 bridge between Eugene and Springfield, the water pulled her toward a concrete wall.
“It was scary,” she said. “That current, even though it doesn’t look bad, the current is really strong.”…