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DEM #97-1896 October 18, 1997 |
The unit was contacted by the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management on Saturday the 18th of October at 6:00 A.M. The unit had been requested by the Yakima County Sheriff to participate in the search for a lost 30 year old female hunter in the Haystack Rock area. Eleven team members responded they were: Mike Mixon, Jim Andrues, Chris Berryman, Stan and Angela Kartes, Jeff Sharp, John Kirkman, Duane Perham, Fran McFarland and Steve Stowell. After meeting at the rescue cache they proceeded to the Enumclaw area to rendezvous with other team members and then proceed via Highway 410 over the Chinook Pass to the search area. After meeting in Enumclaw they received a page from county DEM that the subject of the search had been found.
As they were getting ready to return to Tacoma they were paged to continue to assist in the search for a missing 79 year old hunter lost in the Goose Prairie Area. After arriving at the search base they were briefed that the search was for a 79 year old who was last seen around 4:30 P.M. Friday night. He had 30 years experience in the area and was well dressed for the conditions.
As the teams were getting ready to walk out of camp to their assigned search areas, the subject was found alive and well. The subject was quite surprised at the response of the search teams. He was one of the survivors of the sinking of the battleship USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor. He said if he could survive that he could survive a night in the woods.
Everyone returned to the Cache by 4:00 P.M.
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