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2007, October 13th - Firefighter Lost in Olympic National Park:  "Fire lieutenant found safe after night in the woods" article in the Peninsula Daily News. http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20071014/NEWS/710140306 

2007, October 7th - Reporter comes along on Training Mission:  "Search and Rescue Crews at the Ready" by Sue Edwards, Kitsap Sun.  Link to a nice article by a reporter who came along on one of our training missions. http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/oct/07/search-and-rescue-crews-at-the-ready/

2007, August 5th - Duckabush Trail Rescue:   Three rescue agencies came to the aid of a 15 year-old autistic boy who injured his ankle while on the Duckabush trail, just south of Brinnon. The California boy was on a backpacking outing with a youth group of autistic teenagers when he injured his ankle after apparently falling off a rock in the Duckabush River on Saturday, August 4th. Around 4 pm on Sunday, the teen group program director called 911 from his cell phone. Jefferson County Fire District 4 (out of Brinnon), Jefferson County Search and Rescue, and Kitsap Explorer Search and Rescue were all dispatched to the scene to assist in the rescue operation. The boy was recovered by the all-volunteer rescue teams about 4 1/2 miles from the base of the trail and was safely transported to the parking area just before midnight. He was carried on a wheeled litter that is specially designed for difficult terrain rescues. He was then transported by the teen group’s program director to Children’s Hospital in Seattle for treatment.

2007, July 14th - Mount Jupiter Mission:   A 35-year-old Silverdale man died suddenly on Mount Jupiter Trail, south of Brinnon off Route 101, late Saturday evening while hiking with companions. After reaching the mountain summit, he began to experience problems on his descent and went unconscious. His companions attempted CPR but were unable to revive him. They called 911 from a cell phone and Jefferson Search and Rescue (JSAR) was dispatched to the scene around 7:30 pm along with deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. The man was pronounced dead by a Deputy Coroner from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Dept. who was accompanied to the scene by a team of volunteer searchers from JSAR. The SAR team transported the deceased through the night and into the early morning hours until the terrain became much too treacherous to continue on foot, thus jeopardizing the rescuer’s safety. A helicopter from the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Dept. came to the aid of JSAR and airlifted the man out from a clearing below the trail. The helicopter had to make several attempts before successfully retrieving the deceased due to inclement weather and fog. The helicopter crew then transferred him to a representative of the funeral home at a nearby landing zone in Brinnon. The all-volunteer team from Jefferson Search and Rescue had just completed a 5-hour training mission in swift water rescue awareness that Saturday morning in Brinnon at the Duckabush River. Twelve members of JSAR assisted in the rescue operation and invested over 250 man-hours retrieving the deceased. Several members of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Dept. also assisted in the operation, which began around 7:30 pm on Saturday the 14th of July, and was completed around 2:30 pm on Sunday the 15th of July.

2007, June 9th- Plane Crash on Mt Walker:   "Couple who died in Mount Walker plane crash were headed to California" article in the Peninsula Daily News. http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20070610/NEWS/706100302

 

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