On scene, SFD crews found three BASE jumpers, one having sustained potentially life-threatening injuries after colliding with the rock face nearly halfway into the jump.
SFD Fire Station #3 emergency crews led by Fire Captain Mark Rippy, reached the injured jumper and provided initial medical treatment. The jumper was transported, using a short haul operation to a nearby location, where an Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue helicopter transported the patient, with a firefighter, to a nearby landing zone. Guardian Air Ambulance, Angel 3, flew the patient from that zone to the Flagstaff Medical Center.
These types of rescue operations are very staff and time consuming; the operation was completed at 1:43 in the afternoon, approximately 4 and 1/2 hours after receiving the initial call.
Sedona Fire District Fire Marshal Gary Johnson said “SFD crews train just for an eventuality like this. This is a great example of teamwork among three agencies working together to complete a very difficult rescue.”
This is the second Sedona BASE jumper incident within a year. During the month of November 2013, SFD crews responded to an injured BASE jumper in the same vicinity.
Aren’t you supposed to fly AWAY from the rocks? Sending angels. May his body be blessed and healed.
information about the rescue we watched take place last Saturday
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saw rescue personnel, thanks for info
good to know the rescue went ok. saw it ongoing while hiking. thought it might’ve been suicide.