MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2024 – LIFE CAN BE DANGEROUS IN THE WOODS OR ON THE JFK RUNWAY
ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 2
AT PS/IS217
6 A.M. TO 9 P.M.
APRIL 1, 2024
THESE ARE NOT
APRIL FOOLS DAY
STORIES
ISSUE # 1212
RESCUE AT THE JFK RUNWAY
Grey Seal at JFK Airport, Harp Seal Among Several Recently Rescued
March 31, 2024 by Editorial Staff
New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) recently took part in rescuing a grey seal from John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, a harp seal on Staten Island, and another at Shinnecock Bay in Suffolk County on Long Island.
On February 22nd, ECOs McGhee, Vandenbos, Simmons, and Paschke assisted research biologists from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society with a seal capture in Shinnecock Bay, in the town of Southampton.
Biologists took samples from the seals to support ongoing research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program, which coordinates national responses to stranded seals and whales, before releasing them unharmed.
Biologists also attached satellite tags to the seals to help monitor population movements. The Southampton Town Marine Patrol also participated.
| On March 19th, ECOs Keegan and Milliron responded to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens County for reports of a grey seal on a runway.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey escorted the Officers across several runways to the seal and discovered it hiding under a vehicle. The ECOs captured the seal and placed it in a carrier before transporting it to the New York Rescue Center for evaluation.A few days earlier, on March 13, Lieutenant Gates and ECO Clinger responded to a call about a distressed harp seal that had washed ashore on Staten Island and did not move for approximately 24 hours. The Officers assisted in transporting the seal to the New York Rescue Center for treatment.Harp seals are predominantly found in the cold waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Seals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The public is reminded to always keep a safe distance from marine mammals.To report a live seal that appears to be sick or injured, call the New York Stranding Hotline at 631-369-9829 and speak with trained biologists.For more information on Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, visit their website. Illustrations, from above, provided by DEC: Grey seal discovered under Port Authority vehicle at JFK Airport; and ECO Paschke monitors captured seal pulled from Shinnecock Bay before it was returned to the water unharmed. |
| OFTEN NEW YORK ALMANACK PUBLISHES STORIES OF RESCUES PERFORMED NY NYS FOREST RANGERS AND OTHER AGENCIES OF PERSONS WHO WENT HIKING IN THE WOODS, COMPLETELY UNPREPARED FOR THE WINTER ENVIRONMENT. READ THE ACCOUNT OF THIS PERSON WHO WAS RESCUED. THANKS TO THE RANGERS WHO RESCUE NY FOLKS IN THE WILDERNESS. |
Overnight Rescue at Mount Marcy Saves Freezing Unprepared Hiker
March 30, 2024 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment
On Friday, March 22 at 9:45 pm, as a major late season storm was bearing down on the Adirondacks, Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a woman reporting her 33-year-old son from New York City was overdue from hiking Mount Marcy and Gray and Skylight mountains in the High Peaks.
At about 10:30 pm, Forest Ranger Mecus located the subject’s vehicle at Adirondak Loj in Keene Valley. Rangers Adams and Duchene attempted to retrace the subject’s itinerary, going up and over Mount Marcy and down to Four Corners.
At 4:25 am, Ranger Mecus completed searching the trail and campsites to Lake Colden Outpost, before heading up to climb to Four Corners with Colden Caretaker Raudonis. Ranger Evans served as Incident Commander at the Adirondak Loj.
Due to the urgency of the snowstorm potentially hiding footprints or other clues to the hiker’s location, 15 Rangers were sent out early Saturday morning. Ranger crews were sent in from Elk Lake, Upper Works, the Garden Trailhead, and a larger team from the Adirondak Loj, to perform a grid search on the Mount Marcy summit cone.
At 8 am, Ranger Mecus’ search crew located a single set of boot tracks near the Feldspar lean-to. The crew followed the tracks up the Lake Arnold trail to where the tracks lost the trail and started following the north branch of the Opalescent River on the northwest face of Mount Marcy.
At 10:10 am, they found the subject at 4,000 feet in elevation, with his clothes frozen to his body and suffering from hypothermia and frostbite.
Rangers used a patient care kit to change the hiker’s wet clothing, feed him, and provide warm liquids before walking him to the trailhead where they were met by Lake Placid EMS at 3:25 pm.
EMS took the subject to the hospital for treatment and the rescue operation was completed a little after 5 pm.
Read past Forest Ranger search and rescue reports here.
Photos, from above: The Mount Marcy rescue location; and faded boot prints that led Rangers to the missing hiker (provided by DEC).
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