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travis19877 wrote:Everyone, sar sent a heli up and it crashed.. foot team moving in. Yes alamosa sar
Holy crap.
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did i read the rescue chopper CRASHED? please tell me i'm mistaken.
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tmathews wrote:
travis19877 wrote:Everyone, sar sent a heli up and it crashed.. foot team moving in. Yes alamosa sar
Holy crap.
Yeah. Thankfully, they were all okay. I don't understand how a heli crashes and everyone is okay, but im NOT complaining..

Btw, the heli apparantly spotted Kevin before going down.
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thank the Lord! this has to be tough on you, hang in there!
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travis19877 wrote:
tmathews wrote:
travis19877 wrote:Everyone, sar sent a heli up and it crashed.. foot team moving in. Yes alamosa sar
Holy crap.
Yeah. Thankfully, they were all okay. I don't understand how a heli crashes and everyone is okay, but im NOT complaining..

Btw, the heli apparantly spotted Kevin before going down.
Any indication that he was moving/alert?
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I'm thinking positive for your buddy and SAR team. My body is just fully of goose bumps and it is a very big surprise to my mind set. Hope all will be safe for here and out. This is just crazy!!!!!!!!!
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Wow-- how awful. Kevin, you, and the sar team are in my thoughts.
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I'm related to one of the SAR team members that was on the helicopter when it crashed. It went down due to a blade strike at roughly 6:05PM, last I've heard is they're trying their hardest to get Kevin down. Everyone in the helicopter was safe, no injuries.

Our thoughts are with Kevin and his family.
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Hopes and prayers to Kevin and SAR.
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g-man wrote:I'm related to one of the SAR team members that was on the helicopter when it crashed. It went down due to a blade strike at roughly 6:05PM, last I've heard is they're trying their hardest to get Kevin down. Everyone in the helicopter was safe, no injuries.

Our thoughts are with Kevin and his family.
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Sorry guys hotel internet is slow trying to keep everyones questions answered.

No word on if they saw him mobile, i would guess not very much though.
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Positive vibes to Kevin and SAR. Be safe everyone.
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