Doggone happy ending to Thompson River rescue
KAMLOOPS — Saturday’s rescue of two missing people along the Thompson River has a happy ending.
According to Alan Hobler with Kamloops Search and Rescue, crews received a call from a witness who spotted what looked like a woman and man struggling to swim in the Thompson River east of Lafarge just after noon.
Close to 15 Kamloops and Shuswap search members scoured the area by foot and helicopter, with a drone team also brought in to look for the pair.
Shortly into the search, helicopter crews spotted footprints leading to a nearby home, where they eventually found the man and woman.