6 boy scouts drown in cave


pic.twitter.com/ifR38D0ZIS. Pumping has stopped - too much rain. Arkansas boy, 6, was drowned in toilet before being nailed under home's floorboards, report says New details shed light on death of Arkansas boy, 6, found under floor in mother's home Two of the rescued boys are in the hospital in Rockwood. "We believe they went to the cavern and were on their way out.". It also happened to be the birthday of Note - one of the "Thai cave boys", as they were now dubbed by the media. The very next day, two British divers made an incredible discovery. 'You never imagine someone you know could get trapped', #. The first rescuers Saturday night found Mr. Weltner alert and coherent; later, they said, he was moaning, talking occasionally and sometimes lapsing into unconsciousness. It was time to launch what would later be described as a "superhuman" rescue effort, one that involved nearly 100 Thai and foreign divers. Engineers desperately tried to pump water out of the cave - but struggled, at least at first. All rights reserved. The following is a list of the 136 identified recorded fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. On Monday, the two men finally reached Pattaya Beach. Back at Night's home, his family began to worry. Ratdao Chantapoon, the mother of cave boy Note, was said to have told a friend: "The Navy Seal had practised for so long, and was so strong, but also died. ''We haven't had life signs since 6 A.M. and we don't have much hope,'' Colonel Pagano said at 5 P.M. today. The incident captured the world's attention when 12 boys and their . The sergeant, a police officer for 22 years, worked in the communications bureau at division headquarters in West Trenton. (Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page). TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - On Saturday, 6-year-old Frank Lester drowned at East Harbor State Park in Marblehead while on a Boy Scouts trip. Beaver parents have already been informed. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The Scouts were from Clarksburg, Englishtown, Freehold, Creamridge and Perrineville, and were also accompanied by Jim Ewing, another Scout leader. Fox News' Edmund DeMarche, Nicole Darrah, and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Rescuers had to winch the boys up a steep slope using a pulley system. "Time is not on our side because they're expecting heavy rains within three days," diver Ben Reymenants told the BBC at the time. There was another thing to worry about too - despite efforts to replenish the air, oxygen levels in the chamber had fallen to 15%, lower than the usual 21%. Classed as Super Severe, the cave was . Ashley Rolland, the boys mother, and Nathan Bridges have been charged with his murder after Bridges allegedly drowned the child in a toilet, the affidavit obtained by affiliate FOX 13 states. We did not expect to find the boy in the condition that hes in. The drawback is that it . Locals had also told the Thai Navy Seals that by around 10 July every year, the Tham Luang cave system would be completely flooded. All rights reserved. Thai social media was inundated with posts hashtagged #ThankYou, #Heroes and #Hooyah, the signature Thai Navy Seal chant. Percy Huxford's body, found drifting off Margate, joined his friends' on August 15. (GoFundMe). Apart from the press conference, every slight movement has led to a major media scrum. We were faced with seven people in the cave and trying to locate them and get them out as soon as possible because of the flooding situation and the way the weather was going and knowing another storm could hit at any time and endanger everybody, Battelle said. Gary Mahr, 13, was the lone survivor of the five boys and two counselors from St. Joseph's Home for Boys who were trapped in 1993 after Cliff Cave flooded. Department of Labor reports that child labor has increased by nearly 70% since 2018. In June 2018, the world held its breath for 18 days as a group of elite cave divers risked everything to rescue 12 boys and their coach from an underwater cave in Northern Thailand. The plan was to lower a small person in a cage to chisel the wedged man free. The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding or negotiating deep water, injuries incurred from falling from a height, and injuries incurred as the result of rock falls.In ten cases the bodies have not been recovered. St. Louis forecast: Weather Alert Day issued for Friday. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Published by the Boy Scouts of America for all BSA registered adult volunteers and professionals, Scouting magazine offers editorial content that is a mixture of information, instruction, and inspiration, designed to strengthen readers' abilities to better perform . A Boy Scout drowned over the weekend when he slipped into the Rappahannock River during a camping trip, authorities said. Soon, the light from John's torch illuminated an electrifying sight - the boys emerged from the darkness, coming down the ledge towards him. Ferguson grew nervous after waiting 45 minutes for his friends to return. Meanwhile, the childs sister, also 6, was found to have had suffered serious burns and scabs on her scalp, FOX 13 and police reported. On 24 June 1967, in the world's worst caving tragedy, six tough young men perished by drowning in the tortuous extremities of Yorkshire's Mossdale Caverns. The team and their young coach had often ventured deep into Tham Luang, sometimes as far as 8km, for initiation rites where they would write the names of new team members on a cave wall. Lee County sheriffs deputies discovered the childs body, along with a blanket and a pair of kids sandals, on Dec. 16 underneath freshly nailed floorboards in the homes hallway, officials and FOX 13 reported. 45, ca. After going through the first flooded chamber of the cave in a harness strapped to another diver, the 14-year-old was medically checked before continuing the journey underway to the surface. They would not emerge until two weeks later. Father Thomas McGlynn told mourners at the service the youngster brought happiness to those around him and enjoyed his short life to the very full.. The childs dad Marc Briggs, known to pals as Briggsy and thought to be from Mansfield, Notts, and Belfast-born mum Jane Mohan had moved to the Costa Blanca shortly before the tragedy. You'll follow the sign to Boy Scout Cave. Here our reporters tell the full story of the Wild Boars. That evening, one of the girls in the group started talking about the popular cave and how she passed out from the cold during a frightening previous experience, yet still made it out safely. At the narrow sections, rescuers had to unstrap their air tanks in order to squeeze through, while also pulling along their precious cargo. The affidavit, released by the Lee County Circuit Court clerk, details how a grandmothers report of concerns for the young children in their mothers care led to the devastating discovery last week. Searchers believe based on the position of the bodies, the hikers ran into trouble while trying to swim back to the exit hole in the first cavern. The boys' plans to visit Tham Luang had been discussed in a group chat on a messaging app with other friends. The Boy Scout Cave is one of the most popular attractions in Pioneer Park and the actual cave is worth poking your head in for a second. His dive buddy pulled him out and tried to revive him. Sadly, drowning is a common occurrence in the organization. A hole was then drilled into the hillside this afternoon and, even though it missed, Salvatore Misuraca, a 128-pound local cave explorer, was lowered in a cage to chisel sideways toward the victim. The cave systemone of the longest in Thailandstretches six miles long. The Thai Navy Seals found a boy, a Wild Boar member who happened to have skipped the cave expedition. The dramatic three-day rescue of a youth soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand last year was so complicated that the boys needed to be heavily sedated with their arms handcuffed behind their backs, according to a new book. REVELSTOKE, B.C. He clearly remembers the nerves he felt when the first boy emerged from the darkness and was brought towards him. Some of the boys have even been able to start eating normal food again, after days of craving chocolate and their favourite snacks. Twenty-six Scouts packed up for the weekend and snowshoed . I asked her to protect the 13 kids," she said. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. The astonishing discovery of the children deep in a mountain cave catapulted tiny Mae Sai into the international spotlight. The extraordinary encounter was recorded on the divers' cameras - and swiftly posted online. Another wrote: "It is with great sadness to let you know that wee Corey has now passed away. He said while swimming back from the cavern, he missed the exit hole and ended up at a dead end several feet past the hole. "People have got to understand it's a very dangerous environment," said Lt. Scott Finch of the Provo Police Department. On 23 June, 12 boys went exploring in Thailand's Chiang Rai province with their football coach - and ended up trapped deep . The rope allows explorers to pull themselves along the tunnel, but if they lose the rope, the danger level rises, especially if the normally clear water becomes clouded by sediment stirred from the tunnel floor by explorers swimming through the tunnel, Lamprey said. Police would not answer Fox News Digitals questions regarding the circumstances of the boys death, and would not speak about any existing history between Rolland and Arkansas Division of Children and Family Services. His funeral took place later that day. Wracked with worry for much of the past week, the Wild Boars' parents were ecstatic to see their children had miraculously survived. "That's what I really respected about him.". Villagers rallied together, donating money and hundreds of packages of food to the relatives of the boys and their coach. They even tried drilling into the mountainside, desperate to find cracks into the cave system which they could squeeze into, and used drones with thermal sensors to try to locate the boys. MARBLEHEAD A 6-year-old Gibsonburg child died Saturday at East Harbor State Park, Marblehead, while playing in the water the beach, according to officials.. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. And the weather was merciless - heavy rainfall meant the water level was still rising, flooding chambers and cutting off rescuers from parts of the cave. Many had expected the story of the lost Wild Boars to end in tragedy. Animation by Davies Surya. And more importantly - how could rescuers get to them? Unconfirmed local reports say the youngsters parents had lost sight of him for several minutes before he was spotted floating face-down in the water. Four boys have been rescued from a cave in Thailand and sent to the hospital; Dr. Michael Baden shares insight. Then came the tragic death of John Edward Jones in 2009, when the 26-year-old father and medical student became . But doctor's orders were that they be put on a special diet of medicated liquid food, and mineral water with added vitamins. Thailand: All 12 soccer players and their coach are out of the cave after 17-day race against deteriorating weather. And in the end the boys communicated with their parents the old-fashioned way - by writing letters. They reached a large cavern that would be later dubbed "chamber three" and serve as a key base for the divers. The team regularly . Rescuers were able to enter the cave from two ends - one leading to the victim's legs and the other to his downturned head - but they were not able to extricate him from either direction. "And when I heard about Jennifer, the first thing I thought was that she's being greeted by them right now.". Snaking for 10km beneath the cloud-swathed mountain range that separates Thailand and Myanmar is Tham Luang, the fourth biggest Thai cave system. These were the boys' families, worriedly offering prayers for their lives. Hundley, 20, of Provo, said he would have gone to the cave Thursday morning as well but had to go to work. The first day of the rescue, emergency crews recovered four bodies; three boys ages 9 and 10 and a 31-year-old counselor. This month marks the 91st anniversary of the flash flood that drowned eight members of Boy Scout Troop No. Around 200 scouts, ages 11-13, along with their leaders and chaperones camped out overnight, many in snow caves or igloos, in the chilly winter conditions. On Wednesday 11 July, the media got its first post-rescue glimpse of the Wild Boars in a Thai Navy Seals video. Jack Oliver. It would have been terrifying for experienced divers, let alone for children who were not strong swimmers. 24: Fatalities due to drowning, including six boy scouts in one incident. The moment divers discover the missing boys, Rick started counting the boys, while John asked: "How many of you? Courtesy Randy Pench/The Sacramento Bee. Rescuers said the group apparently made it to the far cavern where they could pop their heads up through another hole and take a breath in the small space between the chest-high water and a 6-foot tapered ceiling. Civil Guard officers rushed to the scene along with local police but another force - Spains National Police - will now be asked to carry out an investigation. Legal Statement. Volunteers from other parts of Thailand flew in, while Thai social media lit up with expressions of love and support. After the rescue, officials said the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex will become a "living museum" to showcase the harrowing ordeal. Paul Scalia: On Right Side of History It's a story of ordinary people from all over the world coming together in a remote town in northern Thailand with one mission: to save 12 young boys and their coach. Once they reached chamber three, it was time for the second phase. It comes after a British toddler last month drowned in a swimming pool accident on the Costa Blanca. Eventually, parents were finally allowed to briefly see the boys, although they had to maintain a 2m distance, and don hospital gowns and masks. ''He wriggled in, but he couldn't wriggle out.'' A small makeshift town mushroomed at the rural country park by the cave entrance. "Such a cruel world we live in. These were US air force rescue specialists, and cave divers from the UK, Belgium, Australia, Scandinavia, and many other countries. Crews found the bodies of two men and two women trapped in a narrow, underwater tunnel between two caverns just a few minutes' hike above the old Seven Peaks Golf Course. Freddie Joseph Briggs died in the pool at his parents home in the village of Aigues near Benidorm on May 25, leading the local council to declare three days of mourning. But not for long. He then was handcuffed and had cablesplaced around his wrists and tied behind him. The entrance through a collapse doline is right in the middle of the tube. ", "The family couldn't off got through it without all your support, we want to thank you from the bottoms off our hearts for all your kind donations, now we have to concentrate on getting him home. All, however, were still lost to the world. An ambulance carries one of the boys rescued from Thailand's Tham Luang Nang Non cave heads toward a hospital on July 8, 2018. But it missed by about 12 feet, authorities said tonight, and rescuers were attempting to drill sideways to get closer. The sergeant, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds, became wedged in the crevice at his chest and waist and was unable to move, according to State Trooper Thomas Oliver. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. More than 150 rescuers gathered at the scene, including a New Jersey State Parks Survival and Rescue team, the Northeast Cave Rescue Effort, a State Police tactical patrol unit, and numerous local and state fire and ambulance workers. Entered Cave at 2 P.M. Rescue operations required two divers to go out with each boy through the cave. After the rescue, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said the boys were given an anti-anxiety medication, anxiolytic, to help with their perilous removal from the cave. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian). He wasnt scared, Christensen said. They had to swim against a strong current, and were often forced back by rising floodwaters. A teenage Boy Scout from New Mexico was killed in a camping accident this weekend after a snow cave he was building collapsed on him. Miserable conditions at the entrance to #Thamluangcave. Legal Statement. The following day, two more bodies were recovered. BOY SCOUT PARTY OF 8 DROWN IN LAKE STORM; Master and Seven Scouts All Lost When Gale Upsets Their Canoes. What happened over those two weeks is a remarkable story of friendship, human endurance - and the lengths some people will go to save someone else's child. This undated photo from video released via the Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, shows rescuers hold an evacuated boy inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand. The only hope was to sedate them, put oxygen-fed masks with silicone seals over their faces and let the expert cave divers carry them out. On Presidents' Day weekend St. Helena's Boy Scout Troop 1 continued its over 40-year tradition of High Sierra snow camping. The boy told hospital personnel he had become separated from his father, Terry, and the older Scouts and tried to find his way out by feeling the walls. On 6 July, while on a routine run to deliver air tanks to the boys, he lost consciousness after running out of air for himself. Hey you guys, Chet the Dream Poet here. It was supposed to be a fun-filled day for the boys but severe thunderstorms rolled-in, triggering flash flooding. (Google Street View). A third boy, Dom, spent his birthday in the cave. 9 of 9. Please keep praying for the family to get the strength to get through the next couple off weeks!!!. "It's tough," Bennett said. On July 23, 1993, four counselors and 12 boys from St. Joseph's Home for Boys went out to Cliff Cave County Park. ", To get the team out, Thai officials said experts have had to guide them, diving through the cave's dark, tight and twisting passages. The boy was in a separate canoe with a man, and both were wearing life jackets for safety. That way, if there is an accident, the Scout leaders can deal with the boys, and the cavers can deal with the emergency. Fox News' Landon Mion contributed to this report. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Buddhist monks murmured prayers for Saman as incense burned. Police in Salem have said Wesley Robert Kratzer, 22, was watching over a group of 10- and 11-year-old boys during a . So just past the Dewdrop Cave is where you'll see an intersection where the trail goes in 2 directions. He noted crews had to be careful, slow and methodical, so as to not endanger the lives of rescuers. 9 years ago. All around the world, millions of people who had anxiously followed the story celebrated the return of the Wild Boars. Saman was a fit and healthy diver who had also represented Thailand in triathlons. Other solutions, such as an offer of a kid-sized submarine designed by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's engineers, would be rejected as unsuitable. Crawling through parts of the cave that are approximately 24" x 24", it is not for the claustrophobic! They found one flashlight and some unlit candles but did not know whether the items belonged to the hikers. Three members of a Boy Scout troop drowned after trying to drive across a running wash. Their vehicle was swept down the wash. Aug. 11, 2001, at Grand Canyon National Park. Outside the cave, a full-blown rescue operation was quickly unfolding. Stationed at a halfway point in the cave, he was responsible for replacing air tanks and guiding rescue divers through. He was a student at UVSC and involved in the Food Not Bombs charity organization. The bodies were taken to a local mortuary for identification by family members, then transported to the Medical Examiner's Office in Salt Lake City for autopsies. One by one, the Wild Boars were brought out of the darkness of Tham Luang. PROVO Workers closed the opening of a cave using rocks and fresh concrete Thursday afternoon, hours after four hikers died inside a small, watery underground chamber on "Y" Mountain that they had jokingly nicknamed "The Cave of Death" the night before. But Cochrane writes the boys received far stronger drugs, and were handcuffed behind their backs to stop them from ripping off their tightly-fitted face masks if they woke up. Scrawling hearts and smiley faces on note paper, the boys told their parents again and again that they loved them and not to worry. The identity of the victim has not been released, but he . Thirteen Lives is the new Amazon Prime Video film, directed by Ron Howard, that dramatizes the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. Darci Aughey posted on Facebook: You always were the most gorgeous person in the world and now youre the most gorgeous sunset and brightest star in the sky.. Fear, perhaps even terror, would no doubt have crept in. Their parents, who had waited so very long to hold their sons again, were not by their side. ", Next to John, Rick couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. Preventing the mask from becoming dislodged was a constant concern., This undated photo from video released via the Thai NavySEAL Facebook Page on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, shows rescuers hold an evacuated boy inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, in northern Thailand. "There is no other day that we are more ready than today," Narongsak Osotthanakorn, the head of the rescue operations, said. The pumping lowered the water level by 2 feet, allowing them to safely enter and begin searching. They were behind a viewing window, some sobbing with joy at the sight of their boys. All four hikers lived in Utah County, and some had previously been in the cave. This was to ensure that if he did wake up from his ketamine slumber, he wouldnt try to rip off his face mask, endangering both his life and that of his rescuer," he wrote on his book. This is another popular area for locals to be hiking around with their families so watch your language and look out for the goat heads to the right of the cave. Exploring the cave was a challenge - most of the Navy divers had little cave diving experience. Coach Ake, a former monk, taught the boys meditation techniques - to help them stay calm and use as little air as possible - and told them to lie still to conserve their strength. Two- and three-member rescue teams, mud-caked and frustrated, had crawled in and out of the cave all night, using chisels, drills and ropes, without success. Thinking of my good friends Leanne Aughey Colin, Jay Darci and Joel at this devastating time.. A third boy was found alive. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. Another diver accompanied them. Several emergency agencies were involved, including the Provo Police and Fire Mountain Rescue Team, Utah County Search and Rescue and the Department of Public Safety dive team, along with the Orem Fire Department Hazardous Materials Unit. SISTER LAKES On March 25, 1922, eight members of a South Bend-based Boy Scout troop embarked on a boat trip across a wind-swept and icy Magician Lake, with a plan to build a scout camp on Hemlock Island. The group used rocks to dig 5m deeper into the shelf, to create a cavern where they could huddle together and keep warm. Video captures moment soldiers rescue man drowning below jetty. His family had prepared a bright yellow SpongeBob SquarePants birthday cake and several colourfully wrapped presents at their home in a rural village in Mae Sai district. They didn't need much else - after all, they were only planning to be there for an hour. THAI CAVE RESCUE ALMOST ENDED IN DISASTER, AFTER MAIN PUMP REPORTEDLY FAILED. (Fox News). He was trapped inside the cave for 18 hours. But they were nothing but determined to survive. For the boys, and Coach Ake - their first priority once they leave hospital must surely be to spend time with their families again. One even cracked a joke: "Teacher, please don't give us too much homework!". A photo the boys posted to Facebook shortly before they went in the cave, Thai students prayed for the rescue mission to be a success, The last four Navy SEALs to exit the cave, The story of the Wild Boars has dominated life in the local community. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. ''He was cold, very cold,'' said Elaine DeLuca, a registered nurse from Morristown Memorial Hospital who crawled for two hours and reached the victim's knees but found no pulse or electrocardiographic responses. There was also enough air for a while - because the porous limestone and cracks in the rocks meant air could come through. Now came the hardest bit - hoping for rescue. KANSAS MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH KIDNAPPING OF 14-YEAR-OLD ARKANSAS GIRL, The Arkansas State Police said in a Dec. 17 press release that the victim is believed to have died "from injuries sustained in the home, possibly three months ago.". The Wild Boars eventually found themselves marooned on a small rocky shelf about 4km from the cave entrance, past a normally dry point known as Pattaya Beach which by now was flooded. Boy Scouts have helped preserve the monument through the years, including a 2010 Eagle Scout project that cleaned the memorial and surrounding area. The two biggest dangers underwater were the boy waking up and panicking, or his mask leaking and turning that plastic and silicone bubble of life over his face into a death trap, Cochrane writes. Friends of four hikers hug after hearing of the deaths. Given the new direction of the Boy Scouts, Brown urges parents to seek out an alternative. Rescue workers bring out the last of four hikers who died in a cave on Y mountain in Provo. Entire Thai soccer team, coach freed from cave, Navy says. It had been raining for the last few days, and all that water falling on the mountain had to go somewhere. Thailand cave rescue: Meet the volunteer helpers. All Rights Reserved, As Trump headlines CPAC, DeSantis attends a competing event, Utah first lady, lawmakers recognize Special Olympic athletes, encourage inclusion, What state lawmakers doing to address Utahs housing crisis, Sen. Mike Lee to Japan on failure to return imprisoned U.S. officer: What goes around comes around. The troop must supply two leaders to go underground. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The first - from the boys' rocky ledge to chamber three - was more difficult. It was a young boy who put himself up on the shelf in the cave and was able to stay alive We were stunned when we heard he was alive because we assumed they were all dead, he said. A New Jersey Scoutmaster trapped in a crevice deep in a cave Saturday on a spelunking expedition with a Boy Scout troop was believed to have died of exposure early today despite frantic efforts by scores of rescue teams. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. The government said it was necessary to quarantine the boys to protect them and others from infection - though this did not stop Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from visiting in person. At times they had to navigate sections so ridiculously narrow that they could only just about fit a body through. Thai Navy SEALS report that all 12 members of the team and the coach are out of the cave while four rescuers remain inside. But an extraordinary set of circumstances also worked in their favour. But it was a bittersweet night for one person - Richard Harris. ''But we're operating under the premise that there is still the possibility of hypothermia,'' said Colonel Pagano, who has been a friend of the victim for 25 years. The cave can flood up to 5m (16ft) during the rainy season, and should only be entered between November and April. At 9 a.m. Saturday, he returned to the cave, along with 25 sheriff's deputies, paramedics and other cave experts, including Rich Schleper of High Ridge, Mo., about 20 miles away. ''It's like one of those Chinese finger things,'' Trooper Oliver said. Rich in folklore, it is a popular destination for day-trippers - and adventurous children. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Classmates of the Wild Boars held group prayers, sang songs of encouragement into the cave, folded paper cranes, and posted messages of hope on school noticeboards. What is the future of U.S.-China relations? To calm nerves, the parents were told the boys were being taught how to dive and the media reported that each of them would be tethered to an air hose and then swim out with one rescue diver in front and another behind, Cochrane writes in his book. "Wherever there is air space we surface, we shout, we smell," John told the BBC. According to FOX 13, Karen Rolland asked that the Lee County Sheriffs Office check on her daughters Moro, Arkansas, home on Front Street. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Well-wisher Gary Larkham wrote alongside a photo of Corey waiting to blow out the candle on a birthday cake: They say a picture tells a thousand words, this picture to me was Corey all over always loved a birthday party and couldnt wait to blow the candles out and patiently waited on his turn to blow them out too. We will miss him so much. Steve Hundley had dinner with the hikers the night before they left. They longed for proper food, and begged for pad krapao, a rice dish with meat stir fried with basil. ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. - A teenage boy drowned in a private man-made North Carolina pond on Saturday morning, according to the Robesonian. Josh Miko of Los Alamos was camping alongside fellow members . ''He was on an angle, head down, on his side, with both arms pinned,'' said John Middlebrooks, a member of the Taconic Region Cave and Mountain Rescue Squad of the New York State Department of Parks and Recreation. 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