Entertainment
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Springsteen's Son Takes a Spill in Kayak


LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - His dad may have been born to run, but
Evan Springsteen was born to kayak.
Well, maybe not. The 15-year-old son of rockers Bruce
Springsteen and Patti Scialfa had to be pulled from an Adirondack
lake by forest rangers after his kayak overturned.
The incident occurred July 2, when the family was in Lake
Placid, where the couple's daughter Jessica was competing in the
resort village's annual horse show.
Officials with the state Department of Environmental
Conservation said forest rangers on routine patrol spotted an
overturned kayak some distance from shore. When they pulled up,
they spotted a teen in the water.
The rangers got the boy into their boat and took him to the
rented lakeside camp where his family was staying.
The teen Springsteen wasn't hurt in the incident, which occurred
while he was on an outing with friends.
A department spokesman said the 56-year-old rocker thanked the
rangers for rescuing his son.

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh down to the river we'd ride