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Two rescued from Rock Island raft mishap
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Two women escaped serious injury over the weekend when the inflatable raft on which they were riding near the dam at Rock Island State Park overturned and threw them out. The women were stranded for approximately an hour before being rescued.Warren County E-911 director Chuck Haston said the center received a transfer call from Van Buren County at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 6.“Typically, from that area the call could go to White, Van Buren or Warren depending on which cell tower it hit,” said Haston.Campaign/ Rock Island Fire Department chief Benny Cannon said the women went down falls or rapids and needed to be rescued. “When they went over the falls, they were thrown out of the raft.