500-Pound Man Rescued After 12 Hours In River

[GoW]

(WCCO) Grantsburg, Wis. Crews rescued a Pine City, Minn. man from the St. Croix River at Fox Landing, near Grantsburg, Wis. after he spent 12 hours stuck in the water.

At about 8:15 p.m. Monday, authorities received a call of someone with a medical condition needing assistance.

According to the Pine County Sheriff's Office, a group had gone tubing on the river when Martin Rike's tube went flat about two miles south of Fox Landing.

After attempting to get out of the water and walk back, Rike, 39, began having chest pains. He had also slipped on irregular rocks, injuring an ankle and a knee.

When crews attempted to rescue Rike by boat, they found the water was too shallow, causing the boat to get caught on the rocks.

Dispatch said Rike weighed about 500 pounds and said his weight was a factor in how long it took crews to rescue him.

http://wcco.com/topstories/local_story_198075508.html

[Corinthein]

Maybe he was just water logged

[15-20_God]

When crews attempted to rescue Rike by boat, they found the water was too shallow, causing the boat to get caught on the rocks.

you would think with a 500lb man in the creek the water levels would rise to levels sufficient to keep an oil tanker buoyant.

[GoW]

you would think with a 500lb man in the creek the water levels would rise to levels sufficient to keep an oil tanker buoyant.

For all you kids its called displacement.

[danfromwaterloo]

you would think with a 500lb man in the creek the water levels would rise to levels sufficient to keep an oil tanker buoyant.

Yeah, its like dropping a softball into a cup of coffee :P