<div>In November of 2024, 65 year-old Valdas Bieliauskas was on a rafting trip with a group of friends in the wilds of Tasmania when he did something we all have - he stumbled. But that trip landed him in an impossible situation. With his leg pinned between boulders in fast moving cold water, options were running out. A decision had to be made - a limb or his life.
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River Rescue Documentary</a>
<a href="https://franklinrivermovie.com/">
Franklin River Documentary</a>
<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/franklin-river-rescue-doctor-awarded-lithuanian-medal/105485760">
ABC News</a>

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