Scott Emery, the trip leader and raft guide with Adventures on the Gorge, speaks to a group from Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), a retreat that welcome families who have lost a loved one as a result of their military service, on how to properly use their personal flotation device before heading out to whitewater rafter the lower New River art AOTG in Lansing on Friday. (Chris Jackson/The Register-Herald)