Alpharetta Student Helps Rescue Woman Who Fell Off Cliff
Francesca Mowry is in her first year with the Gettysburg Recreational Adventure Board, and already has worked on one wilderness rescue.
When Francesca Mowry of Alpharetta headed into the woods for wilderness rescue training, she had no idea her college group would soon be using skills they just learned to help save a life. Mowry and other members of Gettysburg College's Gettysburg Recreational Adventure Board (GRAB) helped rescue a woman who fell 80 feet off a cliff at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky on March 15, according to a story by Teri Myers of the college's Office of Communications and Marketing. Mowry said in an interview with Patch that the GRAB members had just completed a rope training course with a rescue volunteer in Kentucky. The GRAB students, who are trained as wilderness first responders, spent their spring break at the Gorge, participating in an intensive…
Crystal L. Lauderdale
10:14 am on Thursday, March 22, 2012
What great teamwork. Awesome story! more ›