 The incident started Sunday afternoon after the Yavabai County Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the Cottonwood Police Department regarding a mother and her eight-year-old daughter who had become separated from their family while floating down the river. The woman had called 911, reporting they were stranded on a large rock and her phone battery was critically low. Cottonwood fire personnel had located the mother and daughter and a police officer carried the girl on his back to a designated rally point. A fireman and police sergeant helped the woman in escorting her safely back to her family along with their boat.