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Woman, 63, Survives for 5 Days on Raft

By NIGEL DUARA
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (Aug. 19) -- A 63-year-old eastern Iowa woman trapped on a small raft caught in tangled river brush could hear passing cars and people talking but wasn't discovered until a fisherman on his way to his favorite hole spotted her five days later, the woman's son said Tuesday.
2009-08-19 15:58:15

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A 63-year-old woman spends five days alone trapped on a small raft in Iowa\'s Wapsipinicon River after it gets tangled in brush. Her rescue came when a fisherman spotted her. Jeanne Schnepp, who only had two cans of Mountain Dew and a bottle of water with her, is doing remarkably great after her ordeal.