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Families clung to weeds as eight rescued from Cimarron flood
Eight people from two Payne County families were rescued by boat after clinging to weeds and a barbed wire fence in neck-deep water as the Cimarron River crested and flooded parts of Oklahoma. The group, treated and released at Stillwater Medical Center, described the near-miss and fear before responders arrived.
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Yale
Okla
Cimarron
Oklahoma
Illinois
Missouri
Payne County
Oklah
Sallae Gardner
Gardner
Chris
Fred Eberhart
Gardners
Civil Defense
Stillwater Medical Center
Oklahoma City
Texas
McCamey
Steve Finefrock
U.S
James R. Jones
Finefrock
Kansas
Ralph Tice
Midwest
Pennsylvana
Bartlesville
Caney River
Gordon Higbee