A high school football team pulled a pontoon out of a flash flood.
When flash flooding hit New Richland, Minnesota, players from the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva football team helped with a pontoon rescue instead of watching from the bank.
THE LINE HELD.
Players from the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva high school football team assisted in a pontoon rescue during flash flooding in New Richland, Minnesota, in September 2026.
WHAT HAPPENED
KEYC reported on 21 September 2026 that after a flash flood hit New Richland, Minnesota over the weekend of 19 September, members of the NRHEG football team assisted in a pontoon rescue while lawmakers discussed disaster relief for damaged facilities.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
The teenagers who usually get talked about for what they do on a Friday night spent a Saturday standing in floodwater, hauling on a rope. Nobody organised it into a program. They were there, so they helped.
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