Overview
- Two women, Jazmin Hock and Sarah Vida, and Vida’s 9-year-old son Kayden went missing after tubing from the Maple Island Boat Launch when inflatable pool-style rafts failed on log jams.
- Search teams located the group on Friday after following a trail of footprints and disturbed vegetation about three-quarters of a mile northeast of the Mill Iron Road Boat Launch.
- The multi-agency operation included Michigan DNR conservation officers, Michigan State Police K-9 teams, air and ground units, and volunteers operating under a Unified Command.
- All three were treated for cuts, dehydration and exhaustion; the boy has been released home while both women remain in hospital care with one readmitted for a foot and leg infection but expected to be released soon.
- DNR bodycam video released by authorities shows the tracking and rescue steps and officials urged clearer planning and safer gear for river trips, noting the group’s dead phone and unsuitable pool rafts worsened their situation.