Crews detail last week's dramatic rescue of children from a dangerous Utah canyon
The youth group, made up of mostly 11- and 12 year old children and their leaders, was caught overnight in Sandthrax Canyon located just east of Capitol Reef National Park. A rescue involving the Department of Public Safety began Friday morning and was successfully wrapped by noon.Video shows thrilling rescue of youth group from Garfield Co. canyon Video of the harrowing rescue was taken from the helmet cam of Sgt. Nick Napierski.
Napierski's crew was asked to come down by Garfield County Sheriff Danny Perkins. He said operations like the one last week do not succeed without all the training and hard work that goes on behind the scenes, every single day, to make sure the helicopters are in tiptop shape As potentially dangerous and exhausting as this operation was, Napierski said one of the boys who was rescued really inspired him. A 12-year-old who, when it was his turn to be hoisted out, deferred to the boy behind him and helped Sgt. Napierski get that boy and at least a dozen others ready to be hoisted out before he himself finally left the canyon.
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