Firefighters rescued a man who fell around 150 feet into an abandoned Vermont copper mine over the weekend.
Corinth and Tri-Village crews responded to a report of a person falling down a mine shaft shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday at the Eureka Mine in Corinth, WPTZ-TV reports. The man, who was roughly 30 years old, had been trapped in the mine for about two hours.
A technical rescue task force comprised of firefighters from Vermont—Hartford and Thetford—and New Hampshire—Hanover and Lebanon—was called in and arrived at the scene just before 11 p.m., according to the Hanover Fire Department.
HFD responded with Hartford, Thetford, and Lebanon to assist the Corinth VT FD with a technical rescue to extricate a male from a 150’ deep mine shaft. Full press release to follow.
Posted by Hanover NH Fire Department on Sunday, April 25, 2021
"Upon arrival the task force assembled a twin tensioned rope rescue system and lowered two Firefighter/Paramedics down the mine shaft to evaluate the patient," the department stated in a news release. "The patient was packaged in to a stokes basket and raised out of the shaft to an awaiting Thetford Fire Department ATV."
Once on the ATV, the man was taken to an ambulance before being airlifted to the hospital. No details were released on the man's condition.
“It was a very well coordinated effort, not by me, but by all of us coming together as a single entity and making this happen in a very professional and rapid fashion,” Hanover Fire Chief Martin McMillan told WPTZ. “This particular situation went like clockwork. Just nice when everything comes together, and we make it happen.”
