RedactedNarrative: Woman rescued from river by group of kayakers, A 68-year-old woman was rescued after spending more than an hour in cold waist-deep water while stranded in the AuSable River. Emergency crews were called to the AuSable River in South Branch Township around 1 p.m. Thursday. A group of kayakers found the woman struggling with her kayak in the cold water and helped her onto the riverbank. Despite help from the group, the woman was suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia and couldn't climb the steep bank. When emergency crews arrived, troopers and firefighters used a collapsible stretcher kept in the Michigan State Police K9 vehicle to carry the woman up the 70 degree bank. She was then transported to the Grayling hospital to receive treatment for hypothermia.  No official report was submitted by the South Branch FD, information was obtained via phone call with FD.