- I know the guy that was talking on Channel 5 about finding him...He's part of the Emergency Response Search and Rescue team down there and he's a member of the Shawn Hornbeck Foundation SAR team. I'm glad they found him...which brings me to my next question...why wasn't the chopper able to see some kid in a bright-orange sweatshirt? ~Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Barnes" <rogbarn@xxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:19 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: BREAKING NEWS : HAWN STATE PARK > - > I saw it on the Channel 2 news at 9. They even mentioned how there was > a big "orienteering" competition last weekend and how even the > professionals had trouble finding their way around the remote parts of > the park. The child accidentally wandered off the Pickle Creek Trail > and couldn't find his way back. They started a big search party and > finally heard him reply to their calling at the farthest point of the 10 > mile loop trail. Given the cold we're having right now, everyone was > quite happy to have found him before night set in. > > xiTaqua wrote: > > > > - > > Just saw on channel 5 news. I saw the picture of the park ranger, saving > > the kid from the creek. The kid got separated ,suffering from > > hyporthemia. Kid is ok now . I wonder if they were geo-cachers...... > > > > Cheers ! > > Marcos > > > **************************************************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > > **************************************************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field