Kayakers survive deadly croc attack in Congo

GRANTS PASS (Oregon): For weeks, 3 kayakers exploring the array of rivers through the heart of Africa came together in the tighten formation written to sentinel off hippo as well as crocodile attacks at your convenience they paddled the quiet immature glides in between blast stretches of whitewater.

The boaters dual Americans as well as the South African trafficked some 1,000 miles of stream this way, through some of the densest concentrations of man-killing wildlife in the world. They were upon the quiet widen of the Lukuga River in Congo, paddling only 4 or 5 feet apart, when the crocodile slipped up from at the back of as well as ripped trip leader Hendri Coetzee from his boat.

With no time to do anything but contend "Oh, my God!" Coetzee was gone, hauled underneath the immature water never to be seen again. "The crocodile only pulled him right underwater," Chris Korbulic said. "I think you both were only in complete shock as well as disbelief, as well as absolutely frightened at what had only happened."

Ben Stookesberry, 32, as well as Korbulic, 24, are world-class kayakers who have left where no vessel has left prior to to navigate the melting snows of the Himalayas in Pakistan as well as India, towering waterfalls in Brazil, as well as boulder-stewn creeks in Costa Rica as well as California.

They had partnered with Coetzee, the top whitewater guide formed in Uganda, to request the whitewater of the White Nile as well as Congo, as well as be the initial to vessel the whitewater of the Lukuga River.

Stookesberry as well as Korbulic watched the overturned vessel shaking for about 20 seconds as the crocodile pulled Coetzee from the tight-fitting cockpit. Realizing they could do nothing, they paddled as fast as they could reduction than the mile downstream to the village, where they held Coetzee's vessel as it floated by. Coetzee's physique has never been found, as well as he is presumed dead.

Appearing initial upon NBC's 'Today' show, Stoo! kesberry as well as Korbulic pronounced they will never again paddle the Lukuga, out of apply oneself for Coetzee. ap

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