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Couple Rescued After Boat Plunges Toward Falls in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on the Mississippi River a 54 year old Realtor Tom Barbeau and his wife Margaret Brownrigg 42 were stranded on a stalled 13 foot Boston Whaler above St Anthony Falls spillway. Firefighters battled a swift current for nearly an hour to pull the couple to safety using life preservers and ropes. A crowd of 150 watched as the drama unfolded near Boom Island. Both victims were checked by medics and revealed MS while walking away from the scene.
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Tom Barbeau
Margaret Brownrigg
St Anthony Falls
Barbeau
Boom Island
Falls
Boston
Minneapolis
9-1-1
Brownrigg
Walker Methodist Nursing Home
Brownrige
South Minneapolis
Hennepin County
James Cummings
Sydny Thomas
James Brotton
Grant Riedemann
Cummings
Thomas
Ross Repke
Mississippi River
Margaret Brownigg