Two paddlers are safe after being rescued Wednesday afternoon from rapids at Allagash Falls.
(Helicopter Rescue of Paddlers – Maine Forest Rangers)
Forest Rangers say the pair had become stranded in the rapids above the Falls and had to be lifted from danger by a helicopter.
(Helicopter Rescue of Paddlers – Maine Forest Rangers)
A Maine Forest Rangers flight crew assisted the Maine Warden Service and Allagash Wilderness Waterway Rangers in the rescue.
The two paddlers have not been identified.
(Helicopter Rescue of Paddlers – Maine Forest Rangers)
Allagash Falls is located in the deep woods of Northern Maine.