NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
                           MORNING REPORT

To:        All National Park Service Areas and Offices

From:      Division of Ranger Activities, Washington Office

Day/Date:  Wednesday, December 6, 1995

Broadcast: By 1000 ET

INCIDENTS

95-759 - Grand Canyon (Arizona) - Rescue; Probable Drowning

Park personnel at Phantom Ranch were notified of two swimmers in distress in
the Colorado River on the afternoon of November 25th.  F.Z. and T.F.,
both of Los Angeles, had entered the river at the Phantom Ranch boat
beach and begun swimming downstream to Pipe Creek rapids in order to avoid
having to hike along the River trail.  The river flow at the time of the
incident was 12,500 cfs, and the water temperature was 50 degrees.  Witnesses
saw F.Z. pull himself onto a cliff upstream of Silver bridge, while T.F.
continued downstream and disappeared.  Phantom Ranch rangers conducted a
technical rescue of F.Z., and the park helicopter flew to the area for a
possible short haul rescue.  Other rangers flew downstream in a second
helicopter to search for T.F., but failed to find him.  Zernick was
transported to the park clinic, treated for hypothermia and released.  The
search for T.F. continues.  [Ken Phillips, SAR Coordinator, GRCA]

95-760 - Rocky Mountain (Colorado) - Rescue

On the afternoon of December 2nd, G.L. fell 50 to 100 feet from the
"hand-over-hand" route on Batman Rock on Lumpy Ridge and sustained a flail
chest, a fractured femur and a lacerated pancreas.  Twelve members of the
park's SAR team, led by ranger and IC Doug Ridley, stabilized and lowered the
Colorado State University student, then carried him to the trailhead and a
waiting ambulance.  He was taken to a hospital in Denver, where he is in stable
condition.  [Sharon Brubaker, ROMO]

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

No field reports today.

OPERATIONAL NOTES

No notes.

OBSERVATIONS

Here's today's entry, submitted by Susan Garland of the Intermountain Field
Office:

"National parks constitute a gallery of American treasures.  They are more than
destinations; they are a way of travel.  In an era of growing population and
shrinking space, they become ever more valuable.  The future of the national
parks, however, depends on awareness, concern, and sense of custody of the
public they serve.  In a democracy, we get what we deserve and leave a legacy
that reflects ourselves and our time."

                                           Michael Frome, "National Parks
                                           in Crisis", 1981

Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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