August County, Virginia
Near The Blue Ridge Parkway
If you could pick one of the worst days to become injured and needing rescue, this past Sunday would have been the day. High winds and extremely cold temperatures had wind chills later in the day near zero in the mountains.
The injured hiker was able to get a 911 text out for help just after 5:30 Sunday morning. The ability to get that text out was probably life saving, but the rescue was far from over and would last hours.
Wintergreen Fire & Rescue picks up the details of how it all unfolded and the successful rescue in their Facebook post below. Click there to read the entire story and see more photos. Even if you don’t have Facebook you can view the link.
Job well done by all of the agencies involved!
