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Stafford crew contends with storm, rising water during dangerous river rescue

Fire and rescue crews from Stafford County helped to rescue two boaters who became stranded on the Rappahannock River after their canoe overturned. [File photo from 2013]
“Stafford County’s Swift Water Rescue Team has spent more than eight years training for the kind of incident that happened during a Tuesday night storm forecast to dump up to 3 inches of rain on the area,” reports Cathy Dyson at the Free Lance-Star.

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