PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • December 2, 2020
The Maine Warden Service rescued two men Tuesday evening after their kayaks capsized on a section of the Meduxnekeag River that had become swollen with flood waters and downed trees. Josh Ford, 33, and Alex Dalton, 24, both of Monticello, had been on the Aroostook County river for about 30 minutes when their kayaks flipped in the turbulent waters. The men, who were wearing life jackets, ended up on opposite sides of the river with one of them a quarter of a mile downstream from the other. Ford found a camp to shelter in and used his cellphone to call 911. The warden service cautioned paddlers who venture out during rainstorms to use common sense.