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09-15-2009, 09:42 AM
Ginseng Hunter Rescued After Fall
www.lex18.com/player/?video_id=1611&zone=2&categories=2
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 10:33 PM
Updated: Sep 15, 2009 7:12 AM
Two brothers on the hunt for ginseng in rural Lewis Lounty became the focus of a massive search and rescue effort.
It took 35 rescue workers from 3 counties 5 1/2 hours to find Paul Wayne and Willis Bolin, who had gone hunting ginseng in the Tar Fork area of Lewis County when Bolin lost his footing, fell over a log 12 feet and hit rocks.
Paul Wayne hiked nearly fifteen miles to a nearby store and called his sister Brenda, who called 911.
Rescue crews found Willis Bolin dehydrated with several broken bones, but alive. He was taken by helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington.
www.lex18.com/player/?video_id=1611&zone=2&categories=2
Posted: Sep 14, 2009 10:33 PM
Updated: Sep 15, 2009 7:12 AM
Two brothers on the hunt for ginseng in rural Lewis Lounty became the focus of a massive search and rescue effort.
It took 35 rescue workers from 3 counties 5 1/2 hours to find Paul Wayne and Willis Bolin, who had gone hunting ginseng in the Tar Fork area of Lewis County when Bolin lost his footing, fell over a log 12 feet and hit rocks.
Paul Wayne hiked nearly fifteen miles to a nearby store and called his sister Brenda, who called 911.
Rescue crews found Willis Bolin dehydrated with several broken bones, but alive. He was taken by helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital in Huntington.