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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE MORNING REPORT Tuesday, May 26, 2015 INCIDENTS Delaware Water Gap NRA Fisherman Rescued From Delaware River On the morning of Thursday, May 7th, park dispatch received a report from several fisherman of a man yelling for help on an overturned kayak across from Eshback. Rangers patrolling the New Jersey section of the park were on scene within minutes of the initial report. They found that a 78-year-old New Jersey man had overturned his anchored kayak while fishing, that he'd been in the water for approximately 30 minutes prior to the initial report, and that he was wearing a lifejacket that was not properly fitted. The water temperature at the time was 59 degrees. Within five to ten minutes of locating the man, he began to complain of shaking uncontrollably, had difficulty answering basic questions, and said that he couldn't hold on much longer. Due his distance from shore, the rangers could not reach him with a throw bag. With the rescue vessel still 15 to 20 minutes out, it was decided that the rangers would enter the water to attempt a rescue. Two rangers wearing properly fitting PFDs entered the river and were secured by several throw bags. They swam half way across the river, reached the man, and cut the anchor line to his kayak. Two rangers on the shoreline then pulled all three to safety. A waiting ambulance took the man to a local hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia. He was released from the hospital later that day. [Joe Hinkes, Law Enforcement Operations Supervisor] 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): US Park Police - Members of the United States Park Police Horse Mounted Patrol Unit were recognized earlier this month for their assistance with the painting, “Auspicious Morning,” an illustration of President George Washington and the building of the American republic. Office of Communications - Director Jarvis will hold his next webchat tomorrow from 3 to 3:30 p.m. EDT. Associate Director for Natural Resources Stewardship and Science Ray Sauvajot will join him to talk about this month's topic, citizen science. Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs - This week's update on past and upcoming hearings, newly introduced bills, and the status of legislation of interest to the Service. This report covers activities in Congress for the week ending May 22nd. San Antonio Missions NHP - Park staff attended the annual awards ceremony sponsored by the Alamo Federal Executive Board on May 5th, where an interdisciplinary team of park employees received the 2015 Teamwork Award. US Park Police - On May 1st, Sergeant Jonathan Daniels, Officer Enrique Wong and Officer Gregory Harper were presented the Award for Excellence in Community Service and Public Safety. 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). --- ### --- |