Lost Kayakers Rescued From Eldorado Marsh
10 September 2018 News
Two kayakers were rescued from the Eldorado Marsh after they became disoriented and lost Sunday afternoon. Seventy-one-year-old Roger Uselding of Fond du Lac called 911 to report he and 55-year-old Steven Schultz, also of Fond du Lac, were kayaking on the Fond du Lac River which travels through the marsh and had become lost. The Fond du Lac Communications Center used GPS to pinpoint the location of the call. Due to the terrain they were in Wisconsin Emergency Management was contacted and they arranged for a Wisconsin National Guard helicopter. The helicopter hoisted the two men out of the marsh and flew them to the Fond du Lac Skyport. Fond du Lac paramedics checked them over and they were released.
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