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Lost 73 Year Old on Mt Baldy DEM #97-1628 September 9, 1997 |
Members of the Unit participated as crew members of the Pierce county SAR helicopter during this search. On Tuesday September 9th Jeff Sharp acted as crew chief and helped ferry over sixty searchers into the search area. On Wednesday Ed Hrivnak acted as crew chief while Fran Mcfarland and Russ Brinton went over as observers. After ferrying searchers in and out of the search area they conducted an air search around Mt. Baldy. A full callout was scheduled for Saturday, but due to the untimely crash of another helicopter participating in the search and the loss of three rescuers the search was called off.
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