Five Juveniles Rescued Thursday Night from Swollen Stream in McLean

Five juveniles were rescued from a rock in the middle of a swollen stream Thursday night in the McLean area by Fairfax County Fire and Rescue teams.

The juveniles were brought to shore using two rescue boats on Difficult Run, near the Madeira School, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Technician Shawn Crisp. A rescue team launched the boats from Great Falls Park, Crisp said.

The area surrounding the stream is very woodsy and filled with rocks and creeks.

“Five juveniles were stranded on a rock,” she said. “The heavy rain that we had last night...there was potential for flash flooding,” Crisp said.

Eagle 1, the U.S. Park Authority helicopter, assisted in the rescue, Crisp said.

The rescue team was dispatched at approximately 8:30 p.m. and worked for several hours in the dark to get boats in the water to the juveniles.

Crisp said that no one was injured.

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue was also dispatched earlier in the evening, at 6:04 p.m., for a water rescue at Scotts Run, where a female was stranded. She was not injured, Crisp said.

The area was under a Flash Flood Warning as well as a Severe Thunderstorm Warning earlier in the evening, from the National Weather Service.