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  • From: "T'mi Fi" <tfinkle@erols.com>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [MSAR] 34 Hour Search in Thurmont, MD
  • Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:28:21 -0400

FYI:
The TROTSAR Mounted SAR Team deployed search personnel to Catoctin Mountain National Park. The news link includes a video that shows one of our mounted team members (with horse) readying for deployment <http://your4state.com/content/fulltext/?cid=24901> and below is a National Park Service News Release.

T'mi
TROTSAR Mounted Search & Rescue Team Inc. www.trotsar.org
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Catoctin Mountain Park News Release
For Release: Immediate
Contact: Brett Spaulding, Supervisory Park Ranger
Phone Number: 301-663-9388

Lost Hiker Found

Missing hiker Barbara Freund, 81 of Carroll Valley, PA was found by a Mid-Atlantic search and rescue air scent dog team at approximately midnight on the morning of August 6, in Owens Creek near Route 550 east of Thurmont, MD. Despite being lost for 34 hours and suffering minor mobility impairments Ms. Freund was conscious and responsive at the time she was located at approximately 1/4 mile from her last known location. She was transported to Frederick Memorial Hospital where she is in stable condition.
Over 100 searchers from Catoctin Mountain Park and six other National Parks; five volunteer SAR organizations and teams from Maryland State Police, Maryland Natural Resources Police, and Maryland State Park Service, during this 34 hour coordinated search effort to find Ms. Freund. Search efforts were hampered by extremely steep and rocky terrain with dense vegetation.

All roads in the Park have been reopened to normal traffic at this time.







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