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Rescue teams from the National Park Service and a state helicopter were called in last month to airlift a staffer for Sen. John Curtis and three other passengers from a raft that got pinned to boulders by a violent rapid in Cataract Canyon.

Sgt. Jeff Aborn with the Department of Natural Resources set out May 11, 2025 to take Curtis staffer, Larry Ellertson, a former Utah County commissioner who now is an outreach advisor for the U.S. senator, along with Ellertson’s wife, Linda, and another Utah County couple down the stretch of the Colorado River, according to an incident report obtained through a public records request.

In a video requested by The Salt Lake Tribune last month and released Thursday, June 12, rescuers are seen hoisting the four passengers off the stranded raft as rushing water pours over the pontoons, nearly flooding the boat.

Video via Utah Department of Public Safety.