{"id":2445942,"date":"2019-07-02T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/tubers-survive-overturning-in-colorado-river\/"},"modified":"2019-07-02T19:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T01:36:00","slug":"tubers-survive-overturning-in-colorado-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/tubers-survive-overturning-in-colorado-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Tubers survive overturning in Colorado River"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the Glenwood Springs Fire Department prepare for a possible swift water rescue at the Glenwood Whitewater Park on Tuesday afternoon.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Three people survived after their inner tubes overturned in the near-peak flows of the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds like there were two inner tubes tied together with three people on board,\u201d Glenwood Springs Fire Chief Gary Tillotson said.<\/p>\n

All three people, two men and a woman, made it to the shore without assistance within a half-mile of where the tubes overturned near Iron Mountain Hot Springs.<\/p>\n

They declined medical care when first responders, including the fire department and Glenwood Springs police, arrived on scene shortly before 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tillotson attributed their success in getting back to the shore to wearing life vests.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least they were wearing personal flotation devices, which probably saved their lives in this case,\u201d Tillotson said.<\/p>\n

Even though the river near Iron Mountain is relatively flat, the tubes still ended up tipping the passengers into the river, which Tillotson said should be a warning about the dangers of tubing right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe river is just coming back down from peaking. Velocity is really high,\u201d Tillotson said.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Geological Survey measurements of the Colorado River below Glenwood Springs has the flow at 20,400 cubic feet per second Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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