Two canoeists were rescued from the Oatka Creek in Le Roy this afternoon after their canoe became marooned on a submerged tree near Wilcox Road.
Neither were injured.
"They were just cold and wet," said 2nd Assistant Chief Tom Wood of the Le Roy Fire Department.
The canoeists apparently couldn't control their canoe in the swift-moving, swollen creek, Wood said.
There was another pair of canoeists out with them and they managed to make it to shore and call 9-1-1.
Le Roy Fire responded and used its ladder truck (also called an aerial truck) to rescue the pair, who have not been identified.
Capt. Thomas Carroll and Firefighter Bill Wood went out on the boom, which was lowered as close as possible to the water, and then a ladder was lowered so the canoeists could climb up.
"People shouldn't be on the water right now," Wood said. "It's going too fast, unless you're a really experienced canoeist."
UPDATE: Photo submitted by a reader.
