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  • 500-Pound Man Rescued After 12 Hours In River

    07/17/2007 9:26:59 AM PDT · by COUNTrecount · 63 replies · 2,569+ views
    wcco.com ^ | July 17, 2007
    (WCCO) Grantsburg, Wis. Crews rescued a man from the St. Croix River at Fox Landing, near Grantsburg, Wis. after he spent 12 hours stuck in the water. Authorities said the man's weight was a mitigating factor in his delayed rescue. At about 8:15 p.m. Monday, authorities received a call of someone with a medical condition needing assistance. According to the Pine County Sheriff's Office, a group had gone tubing on the river when the tube of a man weighing at least 500 pounds went flat about two miles south of Fox Landing. After attempted to get out of the water...