17 Rescued After W.Va. Navy Helo Crash
February 20, 2010
The Virginian-Pilot
They kept warm by starting fires and huddling inside cold-weather gear after the crash of their Navy helicopter Thursday on a remote mountainside in West Virginia.
Some suffered from broken bones and strained backs. Snow drifted 5 feet deep in places, and the temperature dipped below 20 degrees.
Guided by a pair of coordinates and pencil flares, rescuers finally reached the 17 stranded service members -- nearly a dozen hours after the crash of their Norfolk-based MH-60S Knighthawk.
Two medics lowered from overhead tended to the injured, and the rescuers, who traveled by snowcat and snowmobile, evacuated passengers throughout the night.
Late Friday morning, a relieved Capt. Steve Schreiber announced that the last were en route to a hospital. No one had died, and no one was seriously injured.
"For us, this is good news," said Schreiber, the commodore of Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic in Norfolk. "It is a miracle to have no catastrophic injuries."
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17 Rescued After W Va Navy Helo Crash
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