UPDATED Monday, Jan. 21: The stranded kayaker has been found and brought to safety, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet Sunday.
The kayaker is “OK," according to the agency.
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The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office’s is looking for a stranded kayaker on the Sandy River.
Just after 6:18 p.m. on Saturday, the law enforcement agency tweeted that it was en route to the river near the former Marmot Dam to “assist a kayaker who has become stranded.” The agency said it had deployed its dive team to the area.
At 7:53 p.m., the sheriff’s office tweeted that it was sending additional staff to help in what was now a “search and rescue.”
Through Twitter, deputies responded to questions from The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Due to conditions such as daylight, weather, and terrain we are simply supplementing our dive rescue deputies with SAR personnel,” the agency said.
Deputies have not been in contact with the kayaker, a spokesman said through Twitter. “We are working with the citizen who called 911 to locate where the kayaker was last seen. We’ll release more updates as we get them.”
Search and rescue crews are gathering near Southeast Bacon Creek Ln. and Southeast Ten Eyck Rd, which is about 2.5 miles northeast of Sandy.
-- Andrew Theen
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