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DEM #99-1165 June 6, 1999 |
The Unit was contacted by the Pierce County Department of Emergency Management on Sunday, June 6, at 7:00 a.m.. The King County police had requested six to eight members to help escort the medic from an Army MAST medical helicopter off Kendall Peak. The medic had become stranded on the peak when his helicopter was sent to rescue a 55-year-old climber who had fallen 200 feet down the peak. After the helicopter had lowered the medic to the scene they were engulfed in a snowstorm and had to divert to Boeing field to refuel. Another helicopter from the Yakima firing Center was able to lift the injured climber out around midnight. This left two rescuers from the Seattle Mountain Rescue Council and the medic who had no experience in the steep snow and ice that he now found himself in.
Six members responded: Stan Kartes, Fran McFarland, Jeff Sharp, Mike Mixon, Russ Brinton and Jim Andrues. Before they could meet at the Cache, the first helicopter returned and retrieved the medic. King County called and terminated the mission.
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