Staff
Sweet Home firefighters rescued a 13-year-old boy who was stuck chest-deep in the mud at Calkins Park, where the South Santiam River flows into the Foster Reservoir.
The boy, Kolby Keenon of Sweet Home, was stuck in extremely unstable mud about 100 feet from shore.
Firefighters responded at approximately 12:50 p.m. on March 22.
“Basically, we had to make some some makeshift platforms to get him out,” said paramedic-firefighter Josh Starha, the first medic…