Testimony of Healing March 18, 2013 Issue

Saved from river rapids

Jean Wynant

Last summer my husband, son, and I rented a condo for a week at a ski resort in Colorado. On the way to our destination, we stopped in Durango. We spotted a “raft the river” sign and decided we would float part of the Animas River for a couple of hours.

A bus took the three of us to a calm part of the river, where we got onto a six-person raft. We were warmly dressed with rain gear, rubber suits, and life preservers. Our guide stressed the importance of this extra protection as the river was only 41 degrees Fahrenheit.

Our family, a guide, and a helper proceeded down the river. We commented that due to the snow melt, the current seemed unusually fast. About 20 minutes into our trip, we hit a huge rapid, which flipped our raft and tossed all five of us into the raging current. Everyone fell in the water in different directions, and I found myself under the raft. I fought the water to get out from underneath and finally freed myself. But as I tried to reach the surface, the rapids kept pushing me under.

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