PORT ANGELES — Two people were rescued in separate operations in the Olympic National Park last week.
On June 18, Search and Rescue (SAR) teams from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island received an alert from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center about a 40-year-old man suffering from hypothermia at 11 p.m. and was airborne before midnight.
The SAR crew delivered the man to Harborview Medical Center about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday.
The second rescue also was Thursday. SAR received an alert from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center about a 41-year-old man stranded on a cliff near Lake Crescent. The man became stuck on a 1-foot ledge on 300-foot cliff after trying to retrieve a dropped backpack.
ONP rangers were unable to safely reach his location. SAR retrieved the man via a rappel direct deployment and flew him to a nearby landing zone at about 1 a.m. Friday.
Neither man was identified by the SAR teams.
