NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MORNING REPORT
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
INCIDENTS
Blue Ridge Parkway
One Killed, Three Injured When Two Motorcycles Collide
On Sunday, June 16th, two motorcycles, one northbound and the other southbound, collided near milepost 453 on the parkway, injuring three people and killing the fourth.
A husband and wife from Michigan were on the northbound motorcycle; she suffered major head trauma and he sustained two femur fractures and a collapsed lung. A North Carolina couple was on the southbound bike; he was treated and released, but she died of her injuries the next day.
The accident is still under investigation. It appears that the two bikes collided near the middle of the highway.
[Tim Francis, Pisgah District Ranger]
Natchez Trace Parkway
Ranger, Spouse Save Life Of Child
Rangers Andrew Schnetzer and Jennifer Falkey traveled the entire 444 miles of the parkway over the course of a two week period this spring, training 76 of the park's employees in CPR, AED and basic first aid.
District Ranger Bill Ramsey, who was among those trained, was at a pool party three weeks later when a six-year-old boy was pulled from the bottom of the pool. The boy was blue in color, was not breathing and had no pulse, so Bill and his wife Cathy, a nurse, jumped into action and started CPR. Cathy gave the boy rescue breaths while Bill performed chest compressions.
After about 10 compressions the boy began spitting up water, regained a pulse and resumed breathing. He was taken to a local hospital, where he spent several days in ICU, but has since returned home and is expected to make a full recovery.
Bill said that the recent CPR training gave him the confidence to know what to do, and he appreciated the park putting forth the effort to train so many employees.
[Sarah Davis, Chief Ranger]
OTHER NEWS
The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):
Glen Canyon NRA - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area conducted an intensive four-day dive operation from June 10th to June 14th to assess the extent of quagga mussels in lower Lake Powell and to remove all existing mussels. A total of 36 divers and 73 support staff destroyed 235 mussels.
Fort Union Trading Post NHS - Audrey Barnhart, curator at Fort Union Trading Post, died on Friday, June 14th, at her home in Williston, North Dakota.
Harpers Ferry Center - Harpers Ferry Center's sign program was the 2013 winner of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design Insight Award for Excellence.
Park Facility Management Division - The May/June issue of Park Facility Management Division Update is now available online. A link is provided to both current and past editions.
Northeast Region - Thomas E. Ross has been selected as the superintendent of Thomas Edison and Morristown National Historical Parks in New Jersey. He assumes his new post in September.
Wrangell-St. Elias NP&P - Danny Rosenkrans officially retired from the National Park Service on June 21st after more than 22 years with Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
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The Morning Report is a publication of the Division of Law Enforcement, Security and Emergency Services, Washington Office, 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).
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