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B.C. RCMP team helps rescue 12 stranded kayakers near U.S. border
Two families on an overnight kayaking tour called for help after encountering challenging conditions, with all 12 rescued uninjured by joint Canada-U.S. maritime teams, RCMP said.
- Amid rough waters east of Vancouver Island, the RCMP Federal Policing – Pacific Region Shiprider team rescued six U.S. kayakers, including six children, on Thursday.
- Amid rough waters, the group seeking to return from their tour ran into challenging conditions and called for help, police said.
- Around 1:50 p.m., the U.S. Coast Guard broadcast a distress alert for all 12 kayakers, prompting the RCMP Shiprider team to respond swiftly and rescue them to Orcas Island.
- Police said the kayakers were taken to Orcas Island, Wash., and reported no injuries while being `understandably shaken by the ordeal`.
- RCMP and U.S. Coast Guard assist in Thursday’s rescue, exemplifying cross-border cooperation in shared waterways.
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B.C. RCMP team helps rescue 12 stranded kayakers near U.S. border
SURREY — An RCMP team patrolling the waters near the border between Canada and the United States helped rescue a group of 12 kayakers, including six children. British Columbia RCMP says in a release that a team conducting patrols as part of the Canada-U.S. Shiprider program were alerted Thursday by a U.S. Coast Guard broadcast. […]
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