NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Great Smoky Mountains NP

Hiker Dies Of Injuries Incurred In Fall

On the afternoon of Saturday, November 8th, J.F., 25, fell about 25 to 30 feet from the top of Grotto Falls, a popular hiking destination along Trillium Gap trail a few miles south of Gatlinburg. J.F. suffered apparent leg, back and head injuries in the fall. Rangers transported him a mile-and-a-half by litter to the Trillium Gap trailhead, where he was transferred to an ambulance, then flown by helicopter to the University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville. J.F. succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. [Bob Miller, Management Assistant]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. The internal, NPS-only version of InsideNPS can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index . The public version, called NPS Digest, can be found at: HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/

President's Park - President George W. Bush is expected to officially light the annual National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse south of the White House at 5 p.m. this afternoon.

US Park Police - At an awards ceremony hosted by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) on Friday November 21st, Park Police officers Jason Omo and Scott Brecht received awards for bravery.

National Park of American Samoa - Michael “Mike” Reynolds has been selected as the new superintendent at the National Park of American Samoa, headquartered in Pago Pago.

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Prepared by the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, with the support of the Office of the Chief Information Officer and Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@nps.gov).

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