The Coast Guard hoisted two injured men from the
forest approximately 10 miles east of Tillamook,
Ore., Monday.
Coast Guard Sector
Columbia River, located in Astoria, received a request for search-and-rescue
assistance from Tillamook County, Ore., Fire and Rescue at approximately
1: 40 p.m., stating two members of a work crew were injured and
stranded after falling and sliding down steep, rugged terrain east of
Tillamook.
Sector Columbia River launched an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew
from Air Station Astoria at approximately 2:27 p.m. The crew arrived on scene
at approximately 2:51 p.m., and located the men. The crew lowered two aviation
survival technicians, commonly referred to as “rescue swimmers”, to assist the
injured men.
After preparing the
men, the crew hoisted them both, from an approximate 200-foot hover, to the
helicopter. They were transported to a clearing in the forest, near a road,
approximately 100 yards uphill from the hoist scene. Awaiting Tillamook
Fire and Rescue crews transported one man to a local hospital via ambulance. A
Life Flight helicopter crew from Portland, Ore., transported the other man to a Portland hospital for medical treatment.
One worker reportedly
has an injured ankle while the other reportedly has injuries to his spine,
pelvis and abdomen. No official medical evaluation has been made at the time of
this release.
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