Controversy Over Rafting Trip Through Site of Oso Landslide

Controversial rafting trip down the Stillaguamish River by the Oso Landslide

Controversial rafting trip down the Stillaguamish River by the Oso Landslide

A professional river guide came under fire for a rafting trip through the site of the Oso landslide. Families of the victims issued a cease and desist order, but the trip happened anyway. Opponents of the trip likened it to taking a trip through a graveyard, that it was disrespectful to those that died in the tragedy. Others noted that places like the site of the Boston bombing and the World Trade Center did not get to become off limits after their tragedies. The guide said that it was his first and last trip to that site because of the low volume of water. [Source: Read more from Q13 FOX News. Image: Q13 Fox News]