Those two guys were pretty crazy, which is probably not the correct word. Floating down the middle of the river on a makeshiftg raft without even a paddle to get out of the way of the barges, no life jackets. Paper said they were trying to foat down to Cincinatti. I wonder how far they made it? At least they did have a fishing rod. More @Wikipedia
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