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The BulleTin • Tuesday, June 1, 2021 A3 TODAY Today is Tuesday, June 1, the 152nd day of 2021. There are 213 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 1, 2009, General Mo- tors filed for Chapter 11, becom- ing the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. In 1916, Louis Brandeis took his seat as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the first Jewish American to serve on the nation’s highest bench. In 1980, Cable News Network made its debut. In 2009, Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board. In 2015, Vanity Fair released its cover photo featuring the former Bruce Jenner with the headline, “Call Me Caitlyn” as the Olympic gold medalist publicly completed a gender transition. In 2017, President Donald Trump declared he would pull the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement. Ten years ago: Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth, closing out the next-to-last mission in NASA’s 30-year program. Five years ago: Ken Starr resigned as Baylor University’s chancellor, a week after the former prosecutor who’d led the investigation of the Bill Clin- ton-Monica Lewinsky scandal was removed as the school’s president over its handling of sexual assault complaints against football players. One year ago: A Minneapolis medical examiner classified George Floyd’s death as a homi- cide, saying his heart stopped as police restrained him and compressed his neck. Today’s Birthdays: Singer Pat Boone is 87. Actor Morgan Free- man is 84. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 76. Actor Brian Cox is 75. Country singer Ronnie Dunn is 68. Singer-musician Alan Wilder is 62. Rock musician Simon Gallup (The Cure) is 61. Basketball player-turned-coach Tony Bennett is 52. Model-actor Heidi Klum is 48. Singer Alanis Morissette is 47. Americana sing- er-songwriter Brandi Carlile is 40. Actor-writer Amy Schumer is 40. — Associated Press LOCAL, STATE & REGION It’s hot, but the water’s not J ust because it’s hot out- side doesn’t mean water temperatures are warm- ing up, too. If you’re look- ing to cool down at a lake or river, you should take a pause before diving in. Water in the Portland area remains chilly. Very chilly, in fact. That poses a danger for anybody looking to get away from the heat by diving head- first into the water. Early-sea- son swimming is dangerous because of colder water tem- peratures and river currents quickened by snowmelt. The temperature in the Clackamas River near Or- egon City, for example, has been in the mid-50s for the past week. 6 rescued Saturday on North Santiam River On Saturday, Albany fire- fighters responded to the North Santiam River in Jef- ferson after six people who snagged on hazardous trees and strainers while floating downriver. A strainer is an ob- struction in a river where lim- ited water can flow through and can cause debris or peo- ple to become pinned. The water levels were shallow in portions of the river, but the currents were swift. Firefighters used two wa- tercraft and also deployed a rescue swimmer. All six in- dividuals were rescued and transported to shore for eval- uation by the Jefferson Fire Department. Authorities say the San- tiam and Willamette rivers are treacherous right now. Logs, brush, cold temperatures, and fluctuating river levels create unsafe conditions. The National Weather Ser- Teen hospitalized after being severely burned imitating TikTok video BY ARON YOHANNES The Oregonian Tillamook County Sheriff’s Department More than a dozen people became stranded when two boats be- came stuck in the mud on Tillamook Bay about 10 p.m. Saturday. vice in Portland is advising people to be cautious when heading for a dip. Mult- nomah County authorities recommend that people wear life jackets when getting in the water and refrain from drinking alcohol or smoking marijuana. Alcohol can cause a decrease in body tempera- ture that can lead to an in- creased risk of hypothermia, according to officials. The National Center for Cold Water Safety advises swimmers to treat any water temperature below 70 de- grees with caution. 13 stranded when boats get stuck in mud on coast More than a dozen people were stranded and many were rescued after two boats be- came stuck in mud on the Or- egon Coast over the weekend. The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and Tilla- mook Fire Department re- sponded to a report of boats stranded on mud in Tilla- mook Bay at about 10 p.m. Saturday, KPTV reported. Thirteen were involved, and some were attempting to swim back to shore. The sheriff’s office said crews reached the boats and got the four “younger and coldest victims” onboard. They were taken to medical personnel at a nearby boat ramp. Four other people were brought back across the shore by a second rescue boat. The remaining five people suc- cessfully swam across before first responders arrived. Three people were taken to Adventist Health Tillamook Hospital for treatment for hy- pothermia. On Sunday morning, dep- uties attempted to bring boat owners to their vessels, but the water was too low. The sheriff’s office planned to try again later in the day. The sheriff’s office said the tidal exchange in Tillamook County bays and estuaries can be dramatic and boats regularly get stranded on mud and sand bars. — Bulletin wire reports A 13-year-old Portland girl has been hospitalized for more than two weeks after suffering third-degree burns while attempting to imitate a video she saw on the popular social media platform TikTok, her fam- ily said. Destini Crane severely burned her neck and right arm during the May 13 in- cident and had to undergo three skin-grafting surger- ies, her family said. She re- mains hospitalized in an in- tensive care unit. The family told ABC News they are speaking out about the accident to help prevent it from happening to someone else. Destini’s sister, Andrea Crane, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Oregonian. Andrea told ABC News the incident happened in the bathroom of the family’s home. While Destini is un- able to speak to tell her fam- ily what happened, her sister said they believe the teen was attempting to copy a Tik- Tok challenge where some- one uses flammable liquid to draw a shape on a mirror and then lights it on fire. Andrea told ABC News that Destini went into the bathroom with a candle, lighter and bottle of rubbing alcohol, which they believe exploded and set her and other items on fire. Destini’s phone was still recording a TikTok video when they retrieved it, her mother, Kimberly Crane, told ABC News. Andrea told ABC News it will likely take several months for her sister to re- cover and regain use of her arm and mobility in her neck, shoulders and fingers. The family believes Des- tini knows she is in the hos- pital but doesn’t fully com- prehend what happened. She is able to open her eyes, but can’t drink or speak, the family said. The family started a Go- FundMe fundraiser with a goal of raising $5,000 to help aid Destini in her re- covery. More than $4,600 had been donated as of Monday afternoon. In an update on the Go- FundMe page Saturday, Andrea said Destini under- went a third successful skin graft surgery this week. “Hopefully by the end of this weekend she will be transferred into the burn unit and we will be able to get a bigger picture of costs for physical therapy and what the quality of her life the next few months is go- ing to be,” Andrea wrote. “Thank you all for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and donations,” she added. “We are completely blown away and blessed by the response of the commu- nity and could not be more grateful.”
