We went on the Truckee river raft with another couple. We were told that it was very safe and if we did get thrown from the raft, float on our back with our legs up and the guides would either throw a rope or extend an oar for us to be pulled to safety or swim towards the bank of the river. The staff also told us to be part of our rescue. Well on the last section of the river called the "Pin Ball", our raft dropped about 10 feet straight into the river. Our friend Rick was ejected straight into a giant boulder (head first) and found himself completely underwater and going down the river. The other three of us were being dragged down the river, hitting every giant boulder possible. At one point our raft came in front of my husband and we grabbed on for dear life. We were being tossed as if we were in a washing machine filled WITH ROCKS AND WATER! As we were going down the river, guides and people kept screaming for us to swim, but the problem was the current was so strong, it was not possible. Take into consideration that my friend Annie is an excellent swimmer and my spouse surfed and was a diver also. It was like horror story us screaming, PLEASE HELP US, WE ARE DROWNING!!!, and nobody (not even the river guides) tried to help us. At one point our raft drifted over to another one so I let go and somehow managed to grab on to another raft with a guide on it. I took a lot of water internally and kept vomiting up water. Finally one guide came up to me and helped me up the stairs to our awaiting bus. Another guide mentioned to us that THEY DID HAVE BANDAGES AT THE OFFICE FOR US IF WE NEEDED THEM!!!! Through this whole time, I didn't know if my husband and friends were still alive. I understand that we did sign a disclaimer that the company was not liable if something did happen to us. BUT I have a few problems with this. 1) In the orientation the staff asked if everyone knew how to swim, if not that would not be a problem. 2) The water was unusually high, so we should have been told that BEFORE we got on the raft 3) My husband height is 6'4 and is 260 pounds. The staff gave him an adult life jacket but it looked like it was for a five year old! We did notice that one of the guides was a large man and he had a TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIFE JACKET ON. You might be asking yourself "where was our guide?" Through the whole time we were being dragged down the river, she was hanging on for dear life also. If you ever value your life or someone you care about, don't do these river rapid trips as they are extremely dangerous and we under estimated the power of water.