Unguided Rafters Accidentally Flip Over Pennsylvania Waterfall
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Six amateur rafters are lucky to be alive after accidentally floating over a waterfall in Pennsylvania's Ohiopyle State Park. The waterfall is a 'no-boating zone,' marked by a number of upstream signs warning boaters of the downstream falls. Unfortunately, the rafters didn't see the signs until it was too late, according to Pittsburgh's WTAE.
"We fortunately got all six of them fairly quickly. The great thing about it is, just like wearing a seat belt in your car, how important that is, all six of them had their life jackets on. So when they went over the falls, that was probably the thing that saved them, and that's why they're with us today," said Kenneth Bisbee, the Park Operations Manager at Ohiopyle State Park.
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