TNhiker
05-05-2020, 23:25
This was posted on the Jackson County, NC Emergency Management Team’s website....
This make 3 deaths at waterfalls in western North Carolina this week...
Not a good way to open the tourist season, especially this year...
and, predictable, it will open the can of words and worms....
i post this to inform people but know the value of a discussion board,
hence not posting in Straight Forward.....
Last night, Monday, May 4, 2020, Jackson County Emergency Management received a call at about 9 p.m., from Transylvania County regarding a person who had fallen into the water at the base of Whitewater Falls. The Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad (GCRS) and other responders worked diligently to locate the victim until storms came in around 1 a.m. Due to safety concerns resulting from the weather and difficult terrain, the search was temporarily suspended. The GCRS returned to the area at 9 a.m., this morning (Tuesday, May 5). Jackson County Emergency Management, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office and Transylvania County Fire Department, a swift water rescue dive team from Henderson County, along with other public safety departments from surrounding areas were also on site to search for the subject. The victim has been identified as 24-year-old male Chandler Manuel from Rockwell, N.C. His family has been notified. During the search for Manuel, a rugged remote high line operations repelling team from the GCRS was searching for the victim. One of the longtime male members of the GCRS fell from a rope during search operations. He did not survive the fall. His body was retrieved from the bottom of the falls at 4:15 p.m., by a National Guard N.C. Heart helicopter team. Ten (10) other GCRS search team members were below the falls, while eight others were on their way down to the falls. All 18 of these members survived safely. The N.C. State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) is investigating the incident, which is standard when a death occurs in the line of duty. The search for Manuel has been suspended for the night. It will resume first thing in the morning on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
This make 3 deaths at waterfalls in western North Carolina this week...
Not a good way to open the tourist season, especially this year...
and, predictable, it will open the can of words and worms....
i post this to inform people but know the value of a discussion board,
hence not posting in Straight Forward.....
Last night, Monday, May 4, 2020, Jackson County Emergency Management received a call at about 9 p.m., from Transylvania County regarding a person who had fallen into the water at the base of Whitewater Falls. The Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad (GCRS) and other responders worked diligently to locate the victim until storms came in around 1 a.m. Due to safety concerns resulting from the weather and difficult terrain, the search was temporarily suspended. The GCRS returned to the area at 9 a.m., this morning (Tuesday, May 5). Jackson County Emergency Management, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office and Transylvania County Fire Department, a swift water rescue dive team from Henderson County, along with other public safety departments from surrounding areas were also on site to search for the subject. The victim has been identified as 24-year-old male Chandler Manuel from Rockwell, N.C. His family has been notified. During the search for Manuel, a rugged remote high line operations repelling team from the GCRS was searching for the victim. One of the longtime male members of the GCRS fell from a rope during search operations. He did not survive the fall. His body was retrieved from the bottom of the falls at 4:15 p.m., by a National Guard N.C. Heart helicopter team. Ten (10) other GCRS search team members were below the falls, while eight others were on their way down to the falls. All 18 of these members survived safely. The N.C. State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) is investigating the incident, which is standard when a death occurs in the line of duty. The search for Manuel has been suspended for the night. It will resume first thing in the morning on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.