I'd like to thank my paddling crew and RVA River Rescue team for yesterdays performance. I was attempting to exit my canoe to stretch just above the entrance to Pipeline. My foot got stuck behind me as the canoe flipped causing my recently replaced left hip to disclocate. Great job by Jenny Wiley contacting rescue and a tremendous job by river rescue carrying me in a litter to street level and getting me to MCV where they were able to reduce the dislocation and send me home with a full leg brace. Additional thanks to the paddling crew for getting my gear back to 14th street and loading my car.
I have watched river rescue for over 25 years, never thinking I would need them-Today I say many thanks for a great job!
Sunday morning James River Rescue
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Re: Sunday morning James River Rescue
Oh Shoot, Tom! Glad you are (mostly) ok!
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Hey Tom, I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it could've been. Hoping you have a quick heal.
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To borrow from naturalist John Muir, The river is calling and I must go.
To borrow from naturalist John Muir, The river is calling and I must go.
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Thought I would let everyone know that I'm doing fine, my hip was not damaged and I'm walking pain free.
Re: Sunday morning James River Rescue
Now THAT is good news!
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Alicia Jahsmann
"Do you live by the river? I hope so, because people who live near running water are much nicer than people who don't. I'd be mean as a scorpion if I lived inland." - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
"Do you live by the river? I hope so, because people who live near running water are much nicer than people who don't. I'd be mean as a scorpion if I lived inland." - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
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Re: Sunday morning James River Rescue
awesome news!
-Bill Swarm
To borrow from naturalist John Muir, The river is calling and I must go.
To borrow from naturalist John Muir, The river is calling and I must go.