Teen injured after going over falls in Basswood Lake

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   I wonder if the Borgersens'  were on the lake when the rescue took place?

      http://www.startribune.com/teen-saved-after-canoe-goes-over-falls-on-us-canada-border/312393031/

[Lee Borgersen]

   I wonder if the Borgersens'  were on the lake when the rescue took place?

      http://www.startribune.com/teen-saved-after-canoe-goes-over-falls-on-us-canada-border/312393031/

Yup we was dare on Basswood that day. It happened in an area where there are no motors allowed. Of course the rescue teams had to use motors to reach the area in the nick of time. Never saw so many emergency personal in my life. There was another incident just a few days prior to that one when we were there. Two canoes were destroyed and and some bumps and bruises. Same place Basswood falls 

[Lee Borgersen]

  Another uptake on the story


RESCUERS hold ropes out to where 15-year-old Asher Bloom was pinned in the river at Upper Basswood Falls. Matt Knight, an adult group leader, held the teen above water. Photo by Kurt Erickson.



A 15-year-old boy from Rochester, MN was rescued after being pinned in the rapids of the Basswood River in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Tuesday afternoon.
The accident occurred after two canoes flipped over just below Cable Rapids. There were three people in one canoe and two in the other. The five people were part of a group of 13 from Calvary Baptist Church of Rochester.
According to the church’s Facebook page, the victim was Asher Bloom.
While the other four escaped without injury, Bloom was caught when his ankle was trapped between the canoe and a rock in the current.
It would take a major effort including ropes, pulleys, a helicopter, a floatplane and plenty of manpower to free Bloom from the current and get him to the Ely hospital.


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