Person rescued from lake after falling off kayak, Matanuska Susitna AK


A person fell into a lake and held onto a kayak while their mother remained in it. Emergency responders and neighbors helped, and both were taken out of the water using a neighbor's boat.
Audio|Source: Mat-Su Borough Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
03:49
Transcript:
00:00
I've got to dive one responding to Aikstrom.
00:01
Mattcombe, Battalion 5.
00:02
Battalion 5, go ahead.
00:03
Mayor, you have an address.
00:04
There's several properties on this site.
00:05
He's in the middle of the lake.
00:08
I'll receive. Okay, I'll try and make a good eyes on.
00:11
And for clarification, the mother is in the kayak and the son is hanging off the kayak.
00:17
Mother is in the kayak and the son is out of the kayak, but holding on to the...
00:21
That's affirmative.
00:22
The son is holding onto the kayak while the mother's in the kayak.
00:24
See, thank you.
00:25
Comcentral 3-1 is on the scene.
00:26
I'm on Inkstrom at the public access.
00:29
It looks like there are two people in the kayak now.
00:32
I'm going to try to my voice contact are quite a ways away from the road.
00:36
I copy Central 3-1 advising that you're on PIN at the public access area on Instrom and it looks like there's two people in the call in the tri-archery.
00:45
Macomb, Central Units 2 on location of Lake Access.
00:47
Copy Centralmans 2.
00:48
Back. Okay.
00:49
Okay. Okay.
00:50
The location. Copy, Reston 5-1, the location.
00:51
Copy, Reston 5-1.
00:52
Back on Central 3-1.
00:55
We do have one still in the water.
00:57
Hold on to the kayak.
00:58
We're... Contact getting up to come out.
01:00
You're static, but I copy that we do still have one in the water holding on to the kayak.
01:07
Thatcom, Battalion 5.
01:08
Battalion 5, go ahead.
01:10
I'll be at near South Shore.
01:12
There is a resident here that has a watercraft with a motor and he is going to go down and start it up and see if he can assist.
01:19
You're at near South Shore.
01:21
They have a watercraft he's going to go down and start it up to you can
01:24
utilize that and be he can be in the system.
01:26
Mattcom, UMS3 is on location.
01:28
Copy UMS3 on location.
01:29
Rescue 6-1, Storm Command, you can cancel.
01:32
Macomb, Comptain, you can cancel.
01:36
Macomb, Rescue, 6-1, copy.
01:37
Coagreen.
01:38
Maccom, copy.
01:39
Matt, comment, being strong command subjects out of the water on a neighbor's boat.
01:43
Copy subjects out of the water on a neighbor's boat.
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Location mentioned:
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
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