Missing girl
By John Dew
Dinner was
over and we were just settling down for an
evening with the family when again the pager made
its presence known by its familiar whistle. We
were informed that a girl from Camp Lawler had
become lost. We were told that although she was
about 30 years old she could only function as
about 8 years. Realizing this problem, the night
being cool, and her lack of warm clothing caused
us to rush even more.
Jim Fairchild
brought the rescue van from Riverside while I got
the one kept in Hemet Valley and we met at Camp
Lawler which is about half way between Banning
and Idyllwild. When we arrived we were met by Bud
White, Don Ricker and Bill Blaschko who were in
Idyllwild when the call went out. Soon we were
joined by Mark Hebert, Cameron Robbins, and Joe
Erickson.
Teams were sent into the field to
search down canyon. One team led by Mark Hebert
went UP canyon - just in case. The teams had been
out only 10 or 15 minutes when Mark called in and
said he had voice contact. He found the subject
within minutes, discovered she had fallen onto
and then slid down a dirt embankment just above
the creek. He did a quick initial survey and
determined she was not hurt badly, although she
had taken a bump on the head.
Soon all team
members in the field had assembled with the
subject, placed her in the wheeled litter and
wheeled her the short distance back to Camp
Lawler. She was then sent to Banning to be
checked more thoroughly than can be done in the
field.
RMRU went home
happy that this young lady had not been lost for
long and had not been seriously injured.
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