Sad Story

We had a pretty sad day at church today. We learned that a family in our ward had an accident on Saturday night. A father and his 15 year old son and a really good friend of the dad (who is also in the ward)went kayaking. They started out in Corvallis which is the town next to ours. They were planning to go down the river together. They were doing fine until the son got to far over and kind of got caught up in some limbs. He fell out of his kayak but managed to grab a hold of it to hold on. They were all wearing life jackets thank goodness. They were close by a park so they were trying to get over to get out. The only one to make it out was the friend and he quickly called 911. They went down 6 more miles before they were able to get them out. The son had been in the water over an hour and it was only 44 degrees. He went unconcious and it took them an hour to get his heart started again. They took him to the hospital and then up to Portland to the OSHU. He is in very critical condition and has not woken up yet. We had a ward fast for him starting tonight and into tomorrow. It was a very sad day lots of tears and sadness. We are praying for the best for this family.