Rescue crews Sunday were able to rescue two Albemarle County volunteer firefighters in Rockbridge County who found themselves stranded in the James River near Balcony Falls after their canoe capsized and sank. The two people were able to use their cellphone to alert 911 Sunday at 6 p.m. Rescue personnel from the State Police, Glasgow, the Buena Vista Swiftwater Rescue team, the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office and the Rockbridge County Emergency Management Office got the canoeists out of the water by 9 p.m., cold but uninjured.
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