They just couldn't get to where they thought the signal was coming from … until Christmas morning. The weather cleared enough for CAP Pilot Sonny Elgin to fly toward the ELT. On a second pass over the mountaintop, he spotted the wreckage, and the young girl waving at him. He radioed the unbelievable news: “there is at least one survivor.”The first helicopter on the scene was Sky9.Pilot Jug Hill and 9NEWS Photographer Chuck Richardson took a Civil Air Patrol volunteer who had medical training with them.When they got there, not knowing how many people survived, they heard something unusual: People singing Christmas carols from inside the wreckage. Osborne was the first to reach the survivors.
In light of a couple other threads here, I was expecting someone to jump on the fact that the first responder on the scene was a CAP member with medical training. A very rare happening.
Quote from: etodd on December 28, 2017, 02:24:58 AMIn light of a couple other threads here, I was expecting someone to jump on the fact that the first responder on the scene was a CAP member with medical training. A very rare happening.Dunno. My sqdrn has a couple of RNs, at least 3-5 EMTs, a whole raft of 1st aid card holders, and a few attorneys. I think that covers the medical front.