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Paddlers Rescued From Allagash Falls by Helicopter

Helicopter Rescue of Paddlers - Maine Forest Rangers


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.

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