美国密歇根州Twin Lake社区发生一起河上漂流救援事件。28岁的Sarah Vida、28岁的Jazmin Hock和9岁的Kayden Kovalcik在Muskegon河进行浮管漂流时，因撞到木头导致浮管破裂，随后被困[1]。三人在野外生存了72小时，期间仅靠树皮和花朵维持生存，并饮用河水[1]。
搜救队通过跟踪浮管、脚印和折断的树枝成功定位到被困者，最终在距离入河点约7英里处将三人救出[1]。被困期间，三人全身满是割伤和虫咬[1]。Newaygo County保护官员Cameron Wright表示："You would have no idea that he had just spent 72 hours in the woods from how happy he was"[1]。此次救援是在其中一名女性未按时出现在牙医预约后启动的[1]。
A rescue team successfully retrieved two women and a nine-year-old boy from the Muskegon River near Twin Lake, Michigan, on Friday after they became stranded for three days.[1] The group—Sarah Vida, 28; Jazmin Hock, 28; and Kayden Kovalcik, 9—had been river tubing when their vessel struck submerged wood, causing the tube to rupture.[1] Rescuers located them approximately seven miles from where they entered the river by tracking the damaged tube, footprints, and broken tree branches.[1]
During their ordeal, the three survived by consuming tree bark and flowers while drinking river water, their bodies bearing cuts and insect bites from the experience.[1] The search was initiated after one of the women failed to appear for a scheduled dental appointment, prompting authorities to launch a response.[1] Cameron Wright, a Newaygo County conservation officer involved in the rescue, remarked on the boy's resilience, stating: "You would have no idea that he had just spent 72 hours in the woods from how happy he was."[1]