Rabun County Search and Rescue Assist with Mission

Rabun County Search and Rescue assists a Habersham County agency in the rescue of four individuals last week.

Riley Owens, Chief of Rabun County Search and Rescue, says the incident was reported last Thursday at approximately 5:24PM. Where Tallulah Falls Fire and Rescue needed assistance in retrieving 4 indivuals who became stuck while trying to cross the river at the bottom of Tallulah Gorge.

Owens also tells us that the teams had to swim out to retrieve one individual, and the rest were retrieved by throw bags.

Those four were able to escape with only minor injuries.