Post by tncaveres on Apr 9, 2007 17:15:53 GMT -5
Last Sunday night Bedford County Tech Team was called out to a park in town to look for 2 boys that were last seen at 10am that morning walking along the Duck River headed for a locally known cave.
Upon arriving I was told that the boys (one 14 yrs old & the other 19 yrs old with medical history)were planning on doing some exploring in a cave a few miles down the river.
We were told that all the boys close friends & family members had been called & nobody had heard from them. They wwere suppose to be back at the pick up spot by dark & it was now 2 hrs past with no sign of them.
We were told that the boys had taken a long rope with them & a lantarn with them as there only light source.
We were told the boys were planning on wading across the river in a shallow spot to reach the other side where the cave was.
It was decided by IC that I would take a swift water rescue boat & 2 other team mebers down the the river to the cave site. If we did not encounter the boys before arriving at the cave we were to go in & check the cave to see if the boys were still in there. If not found we were to procide down the river to our take point.
I had never been to the cave before but was told that it only went a few hundred ft.
IC also sent other teams out at different points along the river where there was access availible. There was also a team sent out to see if there was access to be gained from land & to search the cave if we did not beat them there.
All went good accept we never found the boys.
It was later found out that they had left the river & called a family member to come pick them up. Why this family member was never called by the parents before the search was started is unknown.
Atleast the boys were safe & I got to play alittle in the water & cave ;D
Upon arriving I was told that the boys (one 14 yrs old & the other 19 yrs old with medical history)were planning on doing some exploring in a cave a few miles down the river.
We were told that all the boys close friends & family members had been called & nobody had heard from them. They wwere suppose to be back at the pick up spot by dark & it was now 2 hrs past with no sign of them.
We were told that the boys had taken a long rope with them & a lantarn with them as there only light source.
We were told the boys were planning on wading across the river in a shallow spot to reach the other side where the cave was.
It was decided by IC that I would take a swift water rescue boat & 2 other team mebers down the the river to the cave site. If we did not encounter the boys before arriving at the cave we were to go in & check the cave to see if the boys were still in there. If not found we were to procide down the river to our take point.
I had never been to the cave before but was told that it only went a few hundred ft.
IC also sent other teams out at different points along the river where there was access availible. There was also a team sent out to see if there was access to be gained from land & to search the cave if we did not beat them there.
All went good accept we never found the boys.
It was later found out that they had left the river & called a family member to come pick them up. Why this family member was never called by the parents before the search was started is unknown.
Atleast the boys were safe & I got to play alittle in the water & cave ;D
