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FOUND Six Missing Tubers
The Group Went Missing While Tubing On The Nisqually River
There was massive search for a group of tubers who went missing while on the Nisqually River.
The five males and one female aged 18 – 20 were last heard from around 2:30 Wednesday afternoon when one of them spoke with a parent.
When they did not return from the trip as expected, a search was launched.
Teens were found Thursday morning
FROM KOMO 4 NEWS
Missing rafters FOUND!
MCKENNA, Wash. — Sheriff’s deputies FOUND six teenagers who did not return on time from a rafting trip on the Nisqually River.
Stacey Devies said her two brothers and four of their friends left Wednesday afternoon and got into the river in McKenna.
The six were expected to arrive at Frank’s Landing later in the evening, but they did not come home.
Devies said the teens were using inner-tubes and inflatable rafts, but she does not think they had life jackets.
Police found some of the vehicles belonging to the group Thursday morning
MCKENNA, Wash. – Six teenaged inner-tubers missing overnight on the Nisqually River have been found safe.
The tubers, five boys and a girl, are aged 18-to-20 years old, began their trip down the river from McKenna, east of Yelm, Wednesday at about 3 p.m.
According to the sister, the teens entered the river at the park in McKenna on State Route 706. They were apparently heading west toward Frank’s Landing near Interstate 5.
The trip was reportedly supposed take about six-to-nine hours. They were reported missing by one of their mothers when they failed to return home on time.
The sister says family members began searching for the teens but were unable to find them overnight.
Some of the teens cars were found at Frank’s Landing.
Angie Devies, the mother of two of the teens, says her boys were not familiar with the Nisqually River.
“They all met up at a friend’s house and got inner-tubes and a raft,” said Devies.
Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies joined family and friends in the overnight search for the teens.
The Pierce County Swift Water Rescue team went down the river in the morning, trying to follow in the teen’s path.
Shortly before 8:30 a.m. five of the teens reached Frank’s Landing. A sixth teen was spotted in the middle of the river and was picked up by a fisherman.
Deputies will be talking to the teens to determine why they were so overdue in reaching their destination.
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