Watch the Coast Guard rush to help kayakers after fall into frigid Oregon water

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued two kayakers Saturday after one fell into cold Oregon water and quickly developed hypothermia.

An aircrew rescued the two kayakers near Pacific City, Oregon, on Saturday, according to the Cannon Beach Gazette. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted the kayakers, who were taken to the Pacific City Airport to get medical care, the news outlet reported.

The kayaker’s outfit made falling into the water worse, Petty Officer Second Class Billy Sizemore, the flight mechanic on the Jayhawk crew, told news outlets. Both kayakers were wearing life jackets, KOMO News reported.

“It was good that they were wearing life jackets,” Sizemore said, according to The Oregonian. “But, they were also wearing waist-high rubber waders, which filled with water and counteracted the buoyancy of the life jackets. Between the cold water and the heavy waders, the man simply couldn’t pull himself back into his kayak before succumbing to exhaustion and the preliminary stages of hypothermia.”

The water was about 56 degrees Fahrenheit when the kayaker fell in, the Gazette reported. The Coast Guard told the Gazette that waters in the Pacific Northwest are still dangerously cold, even as the weather gets warmer.

Officials recommend wearing “wet or dry suits in addition to life jackets,” according to KOMO News.