TRENTON – Trenton firefighters rescued three Pennsylvania residents from the Delaware River after a tubing accident left them pinned against a tree Sunday afternoon, officials said.
A husband and wife, both around the age of 60, and their stepdaughter, 24, were tubing near Rotary Island close to Trenton when the current became too rough. They were thrown from their tubes and pinned against a hanging tree close to Yardley, Pa., Trenton Fire Chief Frank Seidel said.
“The current pulled them in and sucked them against the tree,” Seidel said.
Seidel said the department was alerted to the incident at 2:18 p.m. Sunday. He said initial reports were that the victims were on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River but once on scene the fire department’s rescue team learned the three victims were closer to Pennsylvania.
“Once we figured out where they were, it took about an hour to get them out,” Seidel said.
About 20 fisherman on the Pennsylvania side had also gathered to try and save the tubers, Seidel said.
The three victims suffered no serious injuries but were taken to a Pennsylvania hospital as a precaution.
The victims’ names were not immediately available. The fire department handed them over to Pennsylvania authorities.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
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