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Published June 23, 2010, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: River rescue


Joe Matuza of Shakopee, Minn., hold his son Marc, 8, as they and Joe Matuza, 11, wait to be rescued from a rock in the St. Louis River Wednesday. The boys became trapped on the rock while trying to cross the river with their father. The elder Matuza left to summon help, then returned to wait for rescuers with his sons. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • Joe Matuza of Shakopee, Minn., hold his son Marc, 8, as they and Joe Matuza, 11, wait to be rescued from a rock in the St. Louis River Wednesday. The boys became trapped on the rock while trying to cross the river with their father. The elder Matuza left to summon help, then returned to wait for rescuers with his sons. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • With a rescuer standing ready downstream with a throw rope, rescue diver Derek Randall crosses a channel of the St. Louis River to reach a father and his two sons stranded on a rock in the current. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Rescue diver Derek Randall secures a pfd on Marc Matuza while his brother Joe and father Joe wait their turn. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Rescue diver Derek Randall carries Marc Matuza, 8, to safety in Jay Cooke State Park Wednesday afternoon. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A rescuer reaches out to help Marc Matuza to shore. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Rescue diver Derek Randall helps Joe Matuza, 11, into the river. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A roped Joe Matuza makes his way to shore after his two sons were rescued. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Joe, Marc and Joe Matuza emerge from the woods along Minnesota Highway 210 after rescues rescued them from the St. Louis River and assisted them up the hill from the river Wednesday afternoon. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Joe Matuza gestures while describing how he and his sons jumped down from rocks on the south side of the St. Louis River, committing them to trying to cross to the north shore. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)