{"id":75382,"date":"2025-07-19T12:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/75382\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T12:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T12:47:17","slug":"rangers-rescue-four-adults-in-rapid-cattaraugus-creek-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/75382\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers rescue four adults in rapid Cattaraugus Creek rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rangers rush to aid four adults stranded by a rising creek at Zoar Valley, treating them for injuries and helping recover lost car keys.<\/p>\n<p>CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, N.Y. \u2014 Forest rangers helped four adults after Cattaraugus Creek rose nearly three feet in a matter of minutes last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rescue happened on Sunday, July 13. A forest ranger patrolling Zoar Valley Unique Area noted the sudden rise for the creek and a number of cars still parked on the property at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Two rangers then started a search along the banks of the creek for anyone stuck on the opposite side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rangers found four adults who swam across the creek and treated them for cuts and bruises,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/section\/outdoors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">New York State Department of Environmental Conservation<\/a> said in a recent newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>The adults lost a number of personal items, including car keys, during the flooding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rangers assisted in making phone calls to get spare keys brought to the trailhead,&#8221; the DEC said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rangers rush to aid four adults stranded by a rising creek at Zoar Valley, treating them for injuries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":75383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[746,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-75382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114879977773376584","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}