[MissTed]

Snodgrass swam to the girl, who had traveled a half-mile through swollen rapids and pulled herself to shore.

She pulled herself to shore or Snodgrass helped?? Either way, glad he's not going to be charged.

[earlJam]

I agree with you.

But I am waiting for the hardcore “they broke the law so they should pay” people to show up here.

[ConservativeMind]

Why aren’t they considered “volunteer search and rescue” people by the police?

Strange.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Sheriff's officials said the pair ignored orders to stay out of the water and let volunteer search-and-rescue workers handle the matter.

Lariscy, in a letter describing the events of the day, said the pair saw "no plan of action or organization of the volunteers."

Any bets on whether the "volunteer" search-and-rescue workers are in a union and get paid?

I will bet dollars to doughnut holes that they are and do.

[grobdriver]

1. a Texas girl who fell from their company's raft June 10 on Clear Creek.
2. Snodgrass swam to the girl, who had traveled a half-mile through swollen rapids and pulled herself to shore.
3. Sheriff's officials said the pair ignored orders to stay out of the water and let volunteer search-and-rescue workers handle the matter.

Something very screwy here.
Girl falls from raft - owner of raft goes in after her.
Some deputy was standing right there at the time and said "Don't you go in after her"??

Just the charges of interfering with a government operation part is bad enough...

[bgill]

Maybe he jumped in to swim to her but she got herself to shore before he got to her??? Sloppy reporting.

What’s the background on this? It seems the whole incident was over with in a matter of a few minutes, so why was there a government search and rescue already set up??? If there was a flood situation where rescue units had already been called out, then why in blazes were these people taking a tour of the river??? Nothing from the article makes sense.

[kralcmot]

several years ago, i was Scoutmaster of Troop xx. we were on an overnight campout. a day hike took us some distance up the canyon along the little creek. there was a deluge. we were caught on the wrong side of the now dangerous river. there was a lot of fast water and debris. we hiked back to the campgound thru the bushes on the wrong side of that water. when we got adjacent to camp, we called for assistance. two sheriff deputies showed up on the other side. it was getting dark. they threw a rope across and told us to use it to cross the river.

considering the debris and amount of water i refused to send the boys across. i decided it was safer and to climb thru the brush over the mountain (about 600’ height) and down the other side to the highway and then use the highway bridge to cross the river and return to our camp.

as we began climbing up and away, the deputies ordered me to stop and threatened me with arrest for disobeying. i ignored them and we climbed to safety and returned to camp. this took about 3 hours.

the deputies were gone. so great was their concern. and i never saw or heard from them again.

[Eagles6]

Very poorly written article. I worked as a guide for whitewater rafting companies for many years. If someone falls out we go get ‘em immediately, either kayak or raft.

[wolfcreek]

For anyone interested in the *trip*. (the young lady was probably on the intermediate trip)

http://www.coloradorafting.net/#river-trips/clear-creek/clear-creek-advanced

[loungitude]

FYI

[rawhide]

Sounds like this sheriff got his feelings hurt because he did not get the glory from the rescue? Kudos to the two employees who actually did the rescue! This sheriff is acting like a total absolute jerk!