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Kayakers in Tennessee, including children as young as 5, were rescued after their tour group was stranded amid a mounting storm.
The Haletown Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the Nickajack Cave Wildlife Area for a 'mass water rescue' around 8:24 pm Monday, according to the department.
Thirty-three kayakers - 25 adults and eight children, including those as young as five years old - had been stranded amid roaring winds and rough waters as a storm rolled in.
The firefighters were assisted by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), Puckett EMS and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in the daring rescue. No injuries were reported, according to authorities.
The Nickajack Cave area is a popular tourist destination to see gray bats that roost to have their babies in warmer months.
A group of kayakers (not pictured) in Tennessee were rescued from the Nickajack Cave Wildlife Area Monday night
The Haletown Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the Nickajack Cave Wildlife Area for a 'mass water rescue' around 8:24 pm
The tour group had taken off from the Macedonia Road boat ramp earlier and paddled towards the cave, which is popular with tourists for its yearly bat sightings
The tour group had taken off from the Macedonia Road boat ramp earlier Monday evening and paddled across the lake towards the Nickajack Cave, according to the TWRA.
They were 'quickly challenged' by 'harsh conditions' that caused some people to fall into the water.
The kayakers were ferried to shore by TWRA
