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Show Victim of Fall Spends Two Nights Awaiting Rescuers Vm-.ts invohvd m a sur- '.',,,1 o.hinom ivuntry iii-.ir r'Sl'",'t1, oar- ! 'ivl;,v llvm ;M I, -.,'ivx "Corral iwmvn :uul ';., t Provo ulu'iv tu was vj.v'i'.i.'t'd wilM s ln'okon ;v" aivl broken foot. M.u-k Siniih, :;o, a loader in Iho Koos Ramp operatuM at K.uKh.inn dunni; tu, Nv oolc a Youth Consi'iAatioii (.'orp; qvration, and loader of survival sur-vival trainhv; tivks on week-(iids. week-(iids. was injured when ho loll soive :!0 loot i!urim rook I'l'unbiiu; Work Sundav ' ahout noon. The ;;rou of eleven teenagers teen-agers taking lu- courso attempted at-tempted to fashion a litter and earry the injured niar. nut, hut luvanse of the rate at which he was losing hlond from a eonipouud tract ure, they devilled it best to leave him there and go for help. They hiked some twenty miles to a vehicle Sunday atteruoon and niyht, and made their way into Ilanks-ville Ilanks-ville ahout lnid-inornin;.; Monday. lv the time officials could obtain a helicopter from Skychoppers, Inc. of Durango, it was after dark Monday. Dennis Kkkor flow over the target area Monday evening in a light plane, however, and spotted tlm injured in-jured man, pinpointing the spot for an early morning helicopter rescue Tuesday. Staying with ILv ;njured man were two of the hikers, Do. doe Cervier, II!; and Marcia Lent, 15. Mr. Smith was flown to Uanksville Tuesday niornin,; where Dr. Eugene. Davie at the Uanksville medical clinic put casts on both legs before flying him on to l'rovo when; he was hospitalized at Utah Valley Hospital. He was. listed in good condition in ' l'rovo. Assisting with the helicopter helicop-ter rescue were Way no County Sheriff DeLyle Johnson, John-son, Loa; and Conservation Officer Clark Warren, also of Loa; along with Ker.t Johnson and Dr. Davics of Uanksville. The group consisted of Rubin Rub-in llornbiielkiv 15; Bill Beckett, Bec-kett, 15; Jon Sones, 17; Don Ladhoff, 15; Bob Archuleta, 111; Ken Knapp, 15; Mitch Lambert, lli; Barbara Row. 19; Liz Tully, 15; Mr. Smith and the two girls who remained re-mained with him. According to Mrs. Barbara Ekker, Uanksville, the Hanks ville Medical Clinic, which has only been in operation for a short time, has served already in a number of rescues. |