In the Boundary Waters, tragedy highlights work of all-volunteer rescue squad
June 12, 2024 - MPR’s Dan Kraker profiles the Saint Louis County Rescue Squad. For the past 66 years they've responded to emergencies across the Arrowhead, but none bigger than a recent one…in May of 2024, four canoeists were swept over a 30 foot waterfall in the Boundary Waters; two survived, and two disappeared. For more than two weeks, a small army of volunteers searched relentlessly for the missing paddlers.