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Hiker crawls for hours with broken ankle to reach 911 service

Carl Prine

Feb 24, 2020

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A Jefferson County search and rescue team helps to medically evacuate an injured hiker near Olympic National Park on Saturday. The 26-year-old man reportedly fractured his ankle while hiking on the Duckabush Trail, west of Hood Canal. (Jefferson County)

The Coast Guard airlifted a hiker on Saturday who broke his ankle in Olympic National Park and then crawled for eight hours to reach cell phone service.

In a prepared statement emailed to Navy Times, Coast Guard officials said that the unidentified 26-year-old man fractured his ankle on the Duckabush Trail, west of Hood Canal in the state of Washington.

After he called 911, a Jefferson County search and rescue team located him around 4 a.m., provided first aid and prepped him for medevac.

A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew launched at first light and was hoisting the man around 7 a.m. to fly him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was listed in stable condition.

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew stand on the Air Station Port Angeles runway shortly after medically evacuating an injured hiker near Olympic National Park, Washington, on Saturday . The Coast Guard assists with inland rescues when they have the closest assets and are called upon by another agency. (Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound)

“We like to train for high-altitude rescues because of the mountainous region we operate in,” said Lt. Cmdr. Sam Hill, MH-65 pilot, Air Station Port Angeles, in the statement.

“Because of that training, we were able to overcome numerous environmental challenges to rescue the hiker from a dangerous situation. We thank Jefferson County Search and Rescue for their help locating the hiker and assisting with the hoist.”

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Prine came to Navy Times after stints at the San Diego Union-Tribune and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

He served in the Marine Corps and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

His awards include the Joseph Galloway Award for Distinguished Reporting on the military, a first prize from Investigative Reporters & Editors and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

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