The rescues were in North Central Washington.
Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue crew members tend to an injured snowmobiler rescued April 1, 2023 near Mount Baker.WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue saved three people over the weekend.
The first rescue mission happened Sunday afternoon. Crews had to navigate through patches of wildfire smoke to get to a 75-year-old man who suffered a head injury. The man was hiking near Upper Eagle Lake in the Okanogan Mountain range at an elevation of around 7,600′ above mean sea level . Around 4:45 p.m., members of the crew rappeled down, and around 20 minutes later they were able to hoist their crew and the injured man up. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Again, the crew had to navigate through wildfire smoke. Once in the area, they found the woman in a low heavily forested saddle between two ridgelines.
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