10 people rescued after innertubes get caught on strainer in Skykomish River

The people were floating the Skykomish River when their innertubes got caught on a strainer, which is a group of logs or root balls straining river water.

MONROE, Wash. — Ten people, including a toddler, were rescued Sunday after their innertubes got caught in the Skykomish River near Monroe.

Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue responded to the boat launch on Ben Howard Road about 1:05 p.m.

A 2-year-old child and nine other people were thrown into the river after their innertubes got caught in a strainer, which is a group of fallen trees or root balls that act as a water strainer in the

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