Water Rescue – 11/1/2014

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Pyramid Lake on the report of a capsized boat with two subjects in the water. As ground and marine teams were arriving at the lake, RAVEN was able to locate the two subjects, who had drifted apart due to wind and waves, about a mile off of Wino Beach. Rescue swimmers were dropped from RAVEN at the first subject, and secured him in a basket for hoisting. The rescue swimmers were hoisted back into RAVEN and then deployed at the second subject’s location, who was also secured in a basket and hoisted. After the two rescue swimmers were retrieved, the subjects were flown to waiting medics and transferred over to REMSA and Careflight.