A 911 dispatcher sent her mom to rescue a kayaker whose kayak had sunk and was hanging for life onto a wood pile in the freezing water of the Columbia River. According to the video report below, Wahkiakum County dispatcher Raedyn Grasseth thought that that her mom who lived near the river would be able to get to the kayaker in danger faster than Sheriff's deputies. KOINLOCAL 6’s news report on April 2, 2013, describes that the 911 dispatcher who sent her mom to the rescue was indeed right.
“Faubion - a retired paramedic - her husband and nephew took a boat and a kayak out to rescue the woman before the emergency crews arrived.”
Raedyn Grasseth’s mother, Cindy Faubion, received her daughter’s phone call on Sunday afternoon and immediately knew it was “mom to the rescue.”
Her daughter, who was a 911 dispatcher, received the 911 emergency call which was made by a friend of the kayaker. The 45-year-old woman was stranded on a wood pile in the freezing water of the Columbia River after her kayak was suck into a jetty and sank it.
After receiving her daughter's call, Cindy Faubion immediately checked out the situation and could see from her window that the stranded kayaker looked frightened and that it would take an immediate rescue by boat to save her from the freezing water.
The 911 dispatcher’s mom, her husband, and her nephew instantly took a boat and a kayak, and the family was able to successfully rescue the kayaker who needed no medical care and was grateful for the fact that, as so often, a mom comes to the rescue.
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