Tubers without life jackets rescued from OR river — then saved again hours later

Two women were rescued twice from a fast-moving river in only a matter of hours, Oregon firefighters said.

The pair went tubing without life jackets Aug. 2 on the Willamette River in Albany, Albany Fire Department spokesperson Sandy Roberts told McClatchy News by email Aug. 5.

Rescuers responded to the Monteith Park area at about 1:55 p.m. and found the women “ clinging to dense brush along the riverbank,” firefighters said in a news release.

Roberts said the portion of the river that runs along Monteith Park has dense 20-foot tall vegetation growing along the bank.

“Underwater trees and snags are also thick in this portion of the river,” Roberts said.

The fire department helped the women out of the river.

But it wasn’t long before firefighters got another call to help the same wom