Rescue team members rescue a man who fell 50 feet down a steep embankment
@Deepizzaguy (117153)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
July 16, 2024 4:29pm CST
Members of the Frederick County Rescue Team answered an emergency call on Sunday when a man whose name was not mentioned fell down 50 feet down on a steep embankment at Gambrill Park Road in Maryland.
The paramedics were able to go down where the man who fell down and suffered serious injuries when he was immobilized by the paramedics and placed in a Stokes basket to be lifted back to the top where he was taken by a Maryland State Police Helicopter and taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Did the man fall down by accident or did he try to take his own life is not known at this time even though he was conscious at the time he was rescued by the first responders.
Link is firehouse.com/rescue/technic...
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@LeaPea2417 (39354)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Jul 24
That's one of my biggest fears, falling off something high.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Jul 24
I share that same fear of heights.
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@snowy22315 (201240)
• United States
16 Jul 24
That is a big fall. I hope he will recover and not be paralyzed. We camped in that area one time.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
16 Jul 24
I also hope that the fall accident victim will be okay.
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@RasmaSandra (92745)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 24
I sure hope that man will be all right, He's lucky to get rescued,
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@RasmaSandra (92745)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul 24
@kobesbuddy Well, that depends if he fell by accident or if he jumped on purpose, I hope he is happy to be alive, or if not I hope he gets the help he needs, I have always thought it not a good idea to go hiking alone.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jul 24
@RasmaSandra I am in agreement with you.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jul 24
@RasmaSandra And imagine if nobody had found him down there, all broken up!
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@just4him (320955)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jul 24
@Deepizzaguy If they were wet, it would be understandable he had an accident.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Jul 24
@just4him That is what I am thinking what happened may have been an accident.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jul 24
I think it was an accident since the roads may have been wet when the man fell down the embankment.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jul 24
I am in agreement with you.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
16 Jul 24
Oh my gosh, this man must be terribly broken up! I wonder how this happened:(
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jul 24
That is a good question how the man fell down 50 feet down a steep embankment.
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@innertalks (23484)
• Australia
17 Jul 24
It was good that they could use a Stokes basket to lift him out from there, as to get him back up the cliff in other ways, might have just more added to his injuries.
The Stokes basket has been very useful for such rescues, since it was first thought of, in 1904, by Charles Francis Stokes (1863-1931), a US Navy doctor.
@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jul 24
I did not know that the Stokes was named after Charles Francis Stokes.
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@LindaOHio (210506)
• United States
17 Jul 24
I'm glad he was discovered. I hope he recovers from his injuries.
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@Deepizzaguy (117153)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
17 Jul 24
I hope so as well that the injured man makes a full recovery from his injuries.
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