NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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INCIDENTS

Yellowstone NP

Visitors, Rangers, Clinic Staff Save Man's Life

On Tuesday September 9th, Old Faithful rangers responded to a report of a man down with CPR in progress in front of the Old Faithful Inn. They found two visitors performing CPR on a man who had no pulse and was not breathing and immediately began instituting advanced cardiac life support measures, employing a LifePak 12 (a defibrillator with a monitor). His cardiac rhythm was restored and he was taken to the Old Faithful Clinic for further treatment, then on to a hospital in Idaho Falls via helicopter. After spending nearly three months in the hospital, he has returned home and is enjoying the holidays with family and friends. The positive outcome of this incident is a result of excellent teamwork by those involved, including visitors Jerry Wolf and Yosef Morgentstein; rangers Jim Warren, Tim Townsend, Jessica Stevens, Brent Thye, Eric Nelson and Tim Knaus; and clinic staffers Bob McClurg, Ginger Townsend and Luanne Rubyiones. [Colleen Rawlings, Old Faithful District Ranger]

George Washington Memorial Parkway

Jogger Assaulted And Robbed

A man who was jogging on the bike path on the south side of Key Bridge near Teddy Roosevelt Island was attacked from behind and knocked to the ground just before 7 a.m. on December 18th, then robbed of his iPod, $80 and two credit cards. His assailant hit him several times on the back, neck and head with a bottle, causing several cuts to his hand and a gash to the back of his head. He was taken to a hospital, treated, and released. The suspect is described as a white male, medium build, mid to late 30's, curly brown/gray hair that is longer in the front. He spoke with a deep voice but no discernible accent, and has been described as having a disheveled appearance. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Branch are currently investigating the incident. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Criminal Investigations Branch at 202-610-8737. [Sergeant Robert Lachance, Public Information Officer]

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/

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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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