RedactedNarrative: On 11/24/2018 at approximately 1245 hours, Deputies responded to a section of the Verde River near Thousand Trails RV Park in Cottonwood.  Report was a woman who was kayaking and capsized going overboard.  The victim then got her leg stuck between two boulders in the fast moving current.  Another kayaker floated to the woman and called 911 and gave GPS coordinates.  The kayaker said the woman was in the water for some time and was getting too cold to hold on anymore.  When Deputies located her, the victim was on her side with only her head above the water.  She was wearing a life jacket but with the fast moving water, it was not doing much to keep her above water.  Deputies waded out to the woman in waist deep water and held her up and attempted to free her leg but her leg was trapped between two large submerged boulders.
  
  After about 10 minutes of attempting to free her, Verde Valley Fire Department paramedic entered the water and anchored the woman with a rope to prevent her from drifting further downstream.  The three rescuers were successful in moving one of the boulders freeing the woman.  She was disoriented and initially refused treatment and was treated on the scene for hypothermic shock and transported to the hospital.  She had been in the water for over 25 minutes and her core temperature had dropped to 94 degrees.  The woman was later identified at the hospital.  During the emergency room evaluation, it was discovered her leg was also broken and required surgery to pin the fracture.
  