Water Rescue – 4/4/2014

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Pyramid Lake to search for a child and his father who had been blown out into the lake in the area of Sand Hole Beach along SR446.  The young boy had been floating on a mini cataraft when a heavy winds came through from a passing storm cell and blew him out into the lake.  His father, in a float tube, attempted to catch up to him.  As SAR teams were arriving on scene, Boat 243 from Pyramid Lake SAR got into the area and located the pair.  The Pyramid Lake Police boat was also in the area.  The two subjects were located approximately 500 yards from shore and were towed into the beach where waiting SAR personnel brought them onto shore.