Description |
Eighteen women rowers and coxes had to be rescued from the Potomac River
after they ran into problems. Police and fire boats called to the scene
found nine women clinging to the hull of a capsized scull around 6:15 a-m.
After rescuing the women, they headed to a second vessel that was swamped
and sinking about 300 yards away. The nine women on that boat were rescued |