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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Monday, May 5, 2007 =============================================================================================================== INCIDENTS Yosemite NP Entrapped Woman Rescued From Tenaya Creek The park's communications center dispatched rescue personnel to Mirror Lake for a swiftwater rescue at 4 p.m. on April 6th. The first ranger on scene saw two people in Tenaya Creek just below the outlet to Mirror Lake - a woman who'd become entrapped and a man who had come to her rescue. Witnesses said that the woman had been in the water for about an hour. She was attempting to cross to the other side of Mirror Lake when she slipped and fell into the creek. She became entrapped while attempting to get out of the water. Bystanders made several attempts to reach her, but without success. A man eventually made his way to her, with rescuers arriving shortly thereafter - the park's swiftwater team, the Valley fire battalion, the park's SAR team (YOSAR), and an EMS unit. Two rescuers - Jack Hoeflich and Mark Faherty - swam to the pair and extricated them with the assistance of the engine's 24-foot ladder. The woman was limp, fatigued and showing signs of exposure. She was transported to a medical facility, treated and released. [Jason Gayeski, IC] OTHER NEWS The following stories can be read on either the InsideNPS web site (if you are within the National Park Service) or at the InsideNPS public ‘news digest' site (if you are outside of the NPS). The web sites appear below: Colonial NHP - Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, made a triumphant return to the Historic Jamestowne unit of Colonial National Historical Park on Friday, May 4th, nearly 50 years after her first visit to the site in October, 1957. Independence NHP - News story: Six weeks into the excavation of the site where George Washington and John Adams lived and conducted their presidencies, archaeologists have unearthed significant portions of the original President's House - the nation's first "White House." US Park Police - On May 3rd, several members of the United States Park Police Criminal Investigations Branch were recognized by the United States Attorney's Office for their outstanding efforts last year. Klondike Goldrush NHP - Alaska Region has issued an announcement for the superintendency of Klondike Gold Rush NHP. The announcement closes on May 18th. To see the above articles, go to InsideNPS ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/" http://inside.nps.gov/) or NPS Digest ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/). For NPS incident reporting standards, go to HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=viewnpsnewsarticle&type=Announcements&id=3363 * * * * * Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the cooperation and support of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov, 570-426-2430). --- ### --- |