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Vancouver police officer dies while mountain biking in Columbia Gorge
So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking!
Mike http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-coun...bia_gorge.html Vancouver police officer dies while mountain biking in Columbia Gorge Published: Tuesday, August 03, 2010, 4:01 PM Updated: Tuesday, August 03, 2010, 4:16 PM Michael Russell, The Oregonian Courtesy of Vancouver policeAndrew Young A 45-year-old Vancouver police officer died while mountain-biking last week in the Columbia River Gorge, the Vancouver Police Department reported. Andrew Young, an 18-year veteran of the Honolulu and Vancouver police departments, was off-duty when he collapsed near Hood River July 30, said Kim Kapp, a police department spokeswoman. The police department did not disclose his cause of death, saying that he suffered from a "medical emergency." Young joined the Vancouver force in February 1999 after spending nearly seven years with the Honolulu Police Department, Kapp said. When the department maintained a full-time bicycle patrol, he patrolled the city on bike, Kapp said. He was most recently assigned to a patrol car. The public is invited to attend a memorial service for Young at 4 p.m. on Friday Aug. 6 at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 17010 N.E. 9th Street in Vancouver. |
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Boy Scout Dies During Backpacking Trip
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THE MORNING REPORT Monday, July 26, 2010 Zion National Park (UT) Boy Scout Dies During Backpacking Trip On July 21st, twelve members of a Las Vegas-based Boy Scout troop were completing the second day of a planned four day backpacking trip in the park. Corey Buxton, 17, was having difficulty and lagged behind as the group hiked south along the Hop Valley Trail. Around noon, a leader who was hiking a short distance in front of Buxton turned around and did not see him. He hiked five minutes back down the trail to the point where he last saw Buxton, but could not find the boy. Rangers conducted a hasty search that afternoon by foot and helicopter with no success. More than 25 NPS personnel participated in the search the next day. Four dog teams from the Zion K-9 SAR Team, based in Hurricane, Utah, joined the operation. Early in the afternoon, two of the dog teams alerted on a side canyon near the point last seen. Ground searchers discovered Buxton’s body there. It appears that he hiked about 500 feet off of the trail and into the brushy side canyon. A cause of death will be determined by the state medical examiner’s office. [Submitted by Ray O’Neil, Plateau District Ranger] |
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Rangers Recover Climber’s Body From Garnet Canyon
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THE MORNING REPORT Monday, July 26, 2010 Grand Teton National Park (WY) Rangers Recover Climber’s Body From Garnet Canyon Rangers are investigating the death of a young University of Michigan student who apparently fell 80 feet after summiting the 12,804-foot Middle Teton on the evening of Tuesday, July 20th. Jillian Drow, 21, of Chelsea, Michigan, became separated from her climbing partner as they descended the mountain. When Drow failed to return to a backcountry camp in Garnet Canyon, the group’s leader began to search for her. He discovered Drow’s body around 9 p.m. The Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received a cell phone call from the University of Michigan group leader at 7:30 on Tuesday evening. He reported that a member of their group of eight was missing and that they were searching for her whereabouts; a second cell phone call was received just after 9:00 p.m. reporting that Drow’s body had been found. Because of the late hour and waning light, a helicopter flight was not possible. Four rangers were therefore dispatched to hike up to the Garnet Canyon campsite to begin a recovery operation. They arrived around 1:30 a.m. Six of the University of Michigan students hiked out of the canyon to the valley floor in the early hours of Wednesday morning, while park rangers remained with Drow and the group leader to make preparations for an aerial evacuation with daylight on Wednesday morning. An interagency helicopter flew Drow and the group leader out at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, just a few hours before a severe lightning storm enveloped the Teton Range. The lightning storm injured 17 climbers on the 13,770-foot Grand Teton (see last Friday’s report) and a full-scale rescue mission was launched by park rangers to rescue and extricate the injured climbers in the aftermath of the Drow evacuation. [Submitted by Jackie Skaggs, Public Affairs Officer] |
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Body Of Backcountry Skier Found Near Cony Lake
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THE MORNING REPORT Monday, July 26, 2010 Rocky Mountain National Park (CO) Body Of Backcountry Skier Found Near Cony Lake Rangers were notified of an overdue backcountry skier early yesterday morning, The 40-year- old Colorado man was reported to be an experienced backcountry skier. He planned on hiking to Finch Lake on Saturday and skiing on a nearby snowfield. Rangers found the man’s car at the Finch Lake trailhead and began looking for him. They found his body on a snowfield above Cony Lake in the Hutcheson Lakes drainage near the park’s southern boundary, about ten miles from the nearest trailhead. It will be recovered today. The cause of death is not yet known. [Submitted by Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer] |
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Fisherman Falls To Death At Marin Headlands
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THE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Golden Gate National Recreation Area (CA) Fisherman Falls To Death At Marin Headlands On the afternoon of Saturday, July 10th, dispatch received a call reporting that a man had fallen off a cliff at Rodeo Beach in the Marin Headlands. Rangers and public safety personnel from the Presidio responded; patrol craft from the Coast Guard and Marin County Sheriff’s Office were also dispatched. The reporting party, talking through a Spanish interpreter, said that her husband had been fishing on the rocky coast of Rodeo Beach when a large wave hit him and knocked him off the rocks, causing him to fall about 40 feet to the water below. County deputies found and retrieved the man and transferred him to the Coast Guard vessel, Coast Guard personnel conducted CPR while he was being transported to a waiting ambulance at Fort Baker. Southern Marin emergency responders pronounced him dead at the Coast Guard Station. U.S. Park Police criminal investigators conducted the follow up investigation. [Submitted by Kim Coast, Acting Chief Ranger] |
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Hiker Bitten By Animal
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THE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, July 27, 2010 Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve (AK) Hiker Bitten By Animal A Glennallen man was bitten on the hand, reportedly by a bear, during a backpacking trip in the park last week. On July 16th, Kurt Skoog, 55, reported that he was in his tent at about 2:30 a.m. when an unseen animal struck the outside of the tent. Skoog raised his hand against the tent, and the animal took his hand in its mouth and held it for a few seconds; when Skoog attempted to pull his hand back, the animal bit. He recounted that the animal left after about 30 seconds while Skoog “played dead” in the tent. He then heard the animal cross the creek and depart from the area. Skoog was camping along Easter Creek, west of Anaktuvuk Pass, in the Brooks Range. Skoog packed his gear and began hiking out, contacting NPS staff at Agiak Lake about a dozen miles away from the incident. He declined assistance, and continued hiking to Anaktuvuk Pass, more than 30 miles to the east, where he received medical treatment on July 19th. He then flew to Fairbanks where he was treated at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, National Park Service staff are investigating, and will try to determine if the animal that bit Skoog was indeed a bear; tracks at Easter Creek did not provide a clear identification, Skoog said. Bear-resistant food containers are required in Gates of the Arctic, and are loaned for free at NPS ranger stations in park gateway communities. Skoog had most of his food in an approved container. He may have had some food outside the container, but the animal did not obtain any food. [Submitted by John Quinley, Public Affairs Officer, Alaska Region] |
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Two Men Drown, Third Rescued Off Plum Island
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THE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Gateway National Recreation Area Two Men Drown, Third Rescued Off Plum Island On the afternoon of Saturday, July 24th, Sandy Hook Unit lifeguards, rangers, and fire staff responded to a 911 call reporting a drowning off Plum Island. Gonzalo Romero-Tlamintzi was with his wife and two-year-old daughter when he stepped off a sandbar surrounding a tidal lagoon and lost his footing in the current of the incoming tide. His wife, while holding the two-year-old, tried to help him, but also fell into the water. His cousins Miguel Romero-Leon and Martin Romero, both non-swimmers, entered the water to help rescue him. Visitors in the area were able to help his wife and daughter from the water and bystanders Bobby James of Woodbridge, New Jersey, and Howard Morris of Columbus, Ohio, pulled Martin Romero from the water. He was unconscious and unresponsive, and CPR was begun. Arriving park staff took over CPR and began a water search. Lifeguards quickly located Romero-Leon in 15 feet of water on the northwest side of the lagoon and began CPR. Rangers were assisting Romero-Tlamintzi’s wife when she collapsed. It was then that they learned that a third person was missing. The ground and water search resumed. Lifeguards found Romero-Tlamintzi about 45 minutes later. All of the victims were transported to Monmouth Medical Center by local ambulance squads. Gonzalo Romero-Tlamintzi and Miguel Romero-Leon were pronounced dead at the hospital. At last report, Martin Romero remained in the hospital and was responsive. Natasha Romero-Tlamintzi and her daughter were treated at the hospital immediately following the incident and have since been discharged. Plum Island, located on the bayside of Sandy Hook, is a popular area for fishing, seining, kiteboarding and windsurfing. The investigation into this incident continues. [Submitted by Peter Tortorell, Law Enforcement Supervisor] |
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Greek Visitor Falls To Death At Horseshoe Bend Overlook
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THE MORNING REPORT Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (AZ,UT) Greek Visitor Falls To Death At Horseshoe Bend Overlook Rangers responding to a report of a man falling from a cliff at the Horseshoe Bend Overlook last Saturday found the body of a 20-year-old man at the base of the cliff near the Colorado River. He was identified as a Greek national who had been traveling with a small tour group. He’d fallen about 600 feet. Rangers and county deputies recovered the body with the assistance of a helicopter and crew from Grand Canyon and transferred it to the county medical examiner. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation in coordination with the National Park Service. [Submitted by Erin Frackleton] |
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Visitor Drowns In Middle Buffalo River
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THE MORNING REPORT Thursday, July 29, 2010 Buffalo National River (AR) Visitor Drowns In Middle Buffalo River Twenty-one year-old Justin Clark of Augusta, Arkansas, drowned in the Buffalo River downstream from Grinders Ferry on Tuesday, July 27th. Around 12:30 p.m., a ranger from the Middle District working out of Tyler Bend was contacted by a visitor and advised that someone was underwater downstream of the landing. The ranger notified dispatch, then commandeered a canoe from a visitor and headed downstream, arriving at the scene within 15 minutes. The ranger called for assistance from other rangers and requested a medevac helicopter. Clark was found within minutes and CPR was begun as he was taken by canoe to Grinders Ferry. Medical personnel took over there, but were unable to revive him. Witnesses said that Clark had complained of leg cramps prior to his disappearance. [Submitted by Robert Maguire, Chief Ranger] |
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Woman Drowns In Firehole River
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THE MORNING REPORT Thursday, July 29, 2010 Yellowstone National Park (ID,MT,WY) Woman Drowns In Firehole River A 22-year-old woman died on Tuesday night at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained when she slipped under the surface of the water at Firehole River near Old Faithful. Lin Ching-Ling, a Taiwanese national, was submerged for approximately five minutes before bystanders were able to pull her out of the water. Rangers and a paramedic responded to a call received at approximately 1:35 p.m. regarding a woman who had been submerged in the water. A park visitor saw the woman on the bottom of the river, approximately 10 feet below the surface, and dove down to retrieve her. He then brought her to the water’s edge, yelled for help, and immediately began CPR. A doctor and two nurses who happened to be in the area quickly took over CPR efforts. When park paramedics and rangers arrived, CPR was continued for about 40 minutes at the scene, at which point the patient regained a pulse. She was then taken by ambulance to Madison Junction where a waiting helicopter transported her to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She later died. [Submitted by Al Nash, Public Affairs Officer] |
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