RANGELEY — Maine rescue workers say two men who spent 45 minutes in 45 degree water in Rangeley Lake are fortunate their calls for help were heard.
Officials say that when 25-year-old Richard MacKenna of Wells and 24-year-old Ian Efsathiou of Ogunquit set out in their canoe on Tuesday the weather was calm. But winds came up quickly, overturning their canoe.
Rangeley Fire Chief Rudy Davis says the two could hardly use their hands when they were pulled from the water.
He says if they had been in the water much longer, it would have been a different outcome. Davis says there aren’t many people on the lake at this time of year.
Davis tells the Sun Journal of Lewiston the two survived because they were wearing life jackets.
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