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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Friday, April 18, 2014 INCIDENTS Golden Gate NRA Teenage Surfer Rescues Two From Rip Current A father, his son and the boy's cousin were pulled out into a strong rip current off Ocean Beach on Wednesday, April 9th. A surfer, the 17-year-old son of a local fire captain, risked his life to rescue the man and the cousin, bringing them to shore, where arriving city paramedics began CPR on the man. They were able to restore his pulse. Park lifeguards and rangers joined Coast Guard and San Francisco Fire Department personnel in a multi-day search for the man's 14-year-old son. Despite an intensive search that begin within minutes of the incident and included numerous vessels and three helicopters, no sign of the boy was found. Click on this link to see an April 10th San Francisco Chronicle story on the rescue that includes a video and numerous images: HYPERLINK "http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Search-continues-for-boy-missing-off-Ocean-Beach-5390434.php" http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Search-continues-for-boy-missing-off-Ocean-Beach-5390434.php OTHER NEWS The following stories are among those in today's webpage editions of InsideNPS (available to NPS employees only) and the Morning Report (available to all readers): Office of Communications - Over the course of the next nine days, the National Park Service and National Park Foundation will host National Park Week, featuring special events in parks nationwide. This year's theme is “National Park Week: Go Wild!” Shiloh NMP - Shiloh National Military Park and its partners are presenting a symposium this week on the Contraband Camp in Corinth, Mississippi. Olympic NP - Olympic National Park is offering a new addition to its Junior Ranger programs. Ocean Stewards is a free, self-guided program for families and children ages four and up. Morristown NHP - The park's cleanup day, held on April 9th, resulted in the removal of two dumpsters and 15 truckloads worth of trash and recyclables, including 1960s filing cabinets and eight track tapes. Intermountain Region - Hugh Hawthorne, a 15-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in New Mexico. To see the full text of these stories, readers should go to one or the other of the following sites: NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index Non-NPS employees - HYPERLINK "http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/" http://www.nps.gov/morningreport/ The Morning Report is produced by the Office of Communications with the support of the Office of the Associate Director for Information Resources. Edited by Bill Halainen ( HYPERLINK "mailto:Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov" Bill_Halainen@contractor.nps.gov). --- ### --- |