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River tubing group rescued after three days stranded in Michigan

Two women and a boy were rescued after becoming stranded for three days on a Michigan river when their tubes broke.

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A tubing group hit logs on the Muskegon River in west Michigan, causing their tubes to break. The trio became stranded and survived for three days by eating bark and drinking river water. Rescuers found them after pushing through dense brush near the river.

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River tubing group stranded for days in US, live off bark and flowers

Two women and a boy had been tubing on the Muskegon River when they hit logs and their tubes broke.

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Watch: US rescuers find trio who survived three days eating bark and drinking river water

Pushing through dense, shoulder-high brush near a river in west Michigan, a trooper yells out: “Make some noise!”

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