News:  Custer County sheriff's deputeis are attempting to recover the body of a missing rafter in the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.  Ther sheriff's office said the unidentified person fell from an inflatable river raft at Velvet Falls, about 5 miles downstream from the Boundary Creek boat launch site at approximately 8:30 pm Sunday. The sheriff's office said 14 people were rafting.  They used four inflatable river rafts and seven inflatable pontoon boats.  They reported the Middle Fork River is running at an average 8 miles per hour and a height of 6.5 feet.  It is continuing to rise daily.

Report:  Two people in a 16' Airline Cataraft on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River entered left in Velvet Falls with the victim at the helm.  As the victim was rowing through Velvet Falls he fell out of the boat.  A second boat in the party picked up the victim down river.  The victim was unconsious, one of the passengers (a parametic) on the second boat performed CPR for 55 minues.  The passenger on the boat was unharmed.
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