their lives against the rising tide. we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it s going to go from a rescue to a recovery. september 2nd, 2007. dennis riley along with his wife sue thompson and their friend claudia darrow are sightseeing along the ware river in massachusetts. we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was going up coming in, get there at high tide, and just kind of leisurely go back out with the tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a
forcing four people to fight for their lives against the rising tide. we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it s going to go from a rescue to a recovery. september 2nd, 2007. dennis riley along with his wife sue thompson and their friend claudia darrow are sightseeing along the ware river in massachusetts. we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was going up coming in, get there at high tide, and just kind of leisurely go back out with the tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. just, you know, a baby s bath. and then all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked down underneath into the culvert. so we made a beeline for her as fast as we could. but it was immediately obvious
forcing four people to fight for their lives against the rising tide. we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it s going to go from a rescue to a recovery. september 2nd, 2007. dennis riley along with his wife sue thompson and their friend claudia darrow are sightseeing along the ware river in hull, massachusetts. we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was going up coming in, get there at high tide, and just kind of leisurely go back out with the tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. just, you know, a baby s bath. and then all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked down underneath into the culvert.
tide. we had a really small window to get everyone out of this tunnel or it s going to go from a rescue to a recovery. september 2nd, 2007. dennis riley along with his wife sue thompson and their friend claudia darrow are sightseeing along the ware river in massachusetts. we decided to take kayaks up the estuary as the tide was going up coming in, get there at high tide, and just kind of leisurely go back out with the tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. just, you know, a baby s bath. and then all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked down underneath into the culvert. so we made a bee line for her as fast as we could.
tide. claudia puts down her paddle and starts taking pictures. but as she looks through her lens, she doesn t realize her kayak is slowly drifting toward a drainage tunnel called a culvert. just, you know, a baby s bath. and then all of a sudden i was slammed up against the bridge and being sucked down underneath into the culvert. so we made a bee line for her as fast as we could. but it was immediately obvious that we were in a very bad situation. our kayak started to tip and i m all of a sudden out of the kayak in the water. bystanders witness the accident and call 911. as dennis tries to hold onto both claudia and suelina. but the powerful current sweeps his wife into the culvert. a local resident captures the terrifying ordeal on camera. claudia is already pulled out of the tunnel, but dennis is still