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SPOKANE, Wash. A 23-year-old woman reportedly is hospitalized in critical condition after she spent 10 minutes trapped underwater by milfoil at Horseshoe Lake in northeast Washington.The Pend Oreille (Pond O-Ray’) County sheriff’s office says Rachell Wood, of Elk, Wash., and her friends were trying to swim to some waterfalls from a public access point Wednesday when they got tangled in the aquatic weed.

The three companions swam to shore but couldn’t find her in the murky water. Authorities say after a few minutes they flagged down some people in a boat who pulled the woman from the water. She was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.(AP)