Tubers without life jackets rescued from OR river – then saved again hours later

Two women were rescued twice from a fast-moving river in only a matter of hours, Oregon firefighters said.

The pair went tubing without life jackets Aug. 2 on the Willamette River in Albany, Albany Fire Department spokesperson Sandy Roberts told McClatchy News by email Aug. 5.

Rescuers responded to the Monteith Park area at about 1:55 p.m. and found the women “clinging to dense brush along the riverbank,” firefighters said in a news release…

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