Two Men Climb Tree as Otay River Rises in Jamul NBC 7 San Diego
Two men were rescued from a tree in the middle of Otay River in Jamul on Monday.
Cal Fire s swift water rescue team ordinarily wouldn t find victims stranded up a tree. But this would be no ordinary rescue.
The San Diego County Sheriff s Department said the two men started hiking from Mexico two days ago. They got as far as the middle of the Otay River behind Skydive San Diego in Jamul.
Chula Vista Firefighter Willie Armas did much of the translating for the rescuers.
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They were telling me they were here and trapped in that tree since this morning. They were a little bit injured,” Armas said.
Allow me to observe this is South Jamul, not North Jamul, where we live. Big difference.