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| News Release |
Date: Nov. 28, 2009 |
Two rescued from cave at Cannon Beach, Ore. |
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ASTORIA, Ore. —The Coast Guard assisted Cannon Beach, Ore., authorities with the rescue of two people from a cave at Cannon Beach Saturday. Coast Group/Air Station Astoria recieved a request for assistance from Cannon Beach authorities when a 15-year-old boy and a 19-year old man became trapped in a cave approximately 20-feet above the beach at Haystack Rock after the 15-year-old suffered a broken ankle. A member of the Cannon Beach High Angle Rescue Team was able to climb into the cave to retrieve the pair and an MH-60 helicopter crew from Group/Air Station Astoria flew them to waiting emergency service crews for transfer to Columbia Memorial Hospital. |
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