Rescue teams find conscious missing person in Meeker woods, Meeker County MN
Missing PersonA missing person was found alive and conscious in a wooded area near Morrison and 90th, sparking a coordinated rescue involving UTV extraction and ambulance support.
Audio|Source: Meeker County Sheriff, Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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Chief 3 to Chief 1.
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What's a cheap one?
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Go ahead.
00:08
We're getting pretty ahead on this east side.
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Do you want us to hold up?
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10 4. I remember the UTV is roughly coming around this stickwoods.
00:30
Johnson from Vassel Fire, you got a copy.
00:37
Go ahead, Ricky.
00:43
Do you find the Greek yet?
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Yeah, we just made contact with Crick.
00:53
Step four from here we're supposed to go to Waverly.
00:58
They should have a truck or something waiting for us.
01:05
Okay.
01:09
Hi, see to Ricky, you're going to find some Winston trucks and maybe Howard Lake truck when you get up to that parking area.
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Winston Chief, when the Lesterbury, UTV, you can stop.
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Winsted Chief 1, 2, Lesterpurring, Chief 2,
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if you want to progress forward to you in line with the UTV.
01:47
Bring it to IC.
01:56
There's a truck park, white truck, red or curtailed creek where we are.
02:02
I'm sure if there's anybody.
02:08
Oh, is it yellow and looked like a stuck fire truck?
02:20
Yeah, that looks like it.
02:21
You don't have reflective on the side.
02:26
Yeah, ten-four will have all white reflective strength on the side.
02:32
No live ars though.
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We haven't got that far yet.
02:46
Winston, Chief 2, Winston, 2, 3.
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Sorry, Jake, 1, 2, 3.
02:52
Go ahead.
02:55
How far are you on the east line?
03:04
About even with this wood line that you're in.
03:12
I'm shining my flashlight to the sky, that's where I'm at.
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Straight east, see you.
03:23
Ted Forty, we've heard of the east side.
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We have some members on the west side and the Cat-Tales wait for.
03:33
We have some members on the west side of the Cat-Tales.
03:40
We and Jason just come up on the new TV.
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We had to do some backguide to get on the swamp a little bit.
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It's going to be on here to progress.
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With the Chief 1-2 IC, we found him.
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We are northwest of our original starting point.
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We have the UTV on site.
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We'll shine lights in the air.
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10-4[1] is the closest egress going to be where you guys are originally staged here on Morrison and 90, so I can send an ambulance.
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10.4. Patients is alive and conscious.
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Breathing moving.
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Good work.
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Do we need,
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do you have all the resources you need to extricate the patient or what do you need from me?
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Is a soft stretcher or a backboard?
04:47
10.4. Cokato Ambulance on Right-Tack 3, do you copy?
04:54
Go ahead for Kokato ambulance.
04:58
Did you copy the traffic they found them? I need you to go to the staging area off 90th and Morrison.
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Just to be advised, it is pretty tight back there.
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It's full.
05:09
Okay, are they still?
05:14
Yeah, we're right up the road here.
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10-4[1], they need a soft stretcher out there if you guys are able to track down Winsid.
05:23
Chief 1 is going to be your contact and they have light shining in the air and a UTV on site.
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Happy that.
05:34
1133 to the group that located the mail.
05:39
Can one of you guys just do a phone ping and maybe photograph it just so we know exactly where we found them? And thank you guys for all the hard work.
05:54
I see to the drone.
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Can you fly that drone over to them with the spotlight so the ambulance knows where to go?
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Winston, Chief One, we got two deputies in the way of the ambulance.
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You have come again,
06:18
Winston, Chief One.
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There's two deputy rigs in front we can't get the ambulance in here.
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Do you have two deputies that are going to take him to the ambulance?
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Winston, Chief One, I see, we are taking the patients off via UTV to the extraction point where we started.
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Ten for Winston, Chief One, you have them on the UTV and you're going to take them to the extraction point.
06:53
Cocato Ambulance, do copy that they are going to come to your location.
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Cocado ambulance copies, we are backing up down the road.
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10-4[1]. All ground units you guys copy,
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we have found the patient.
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We'll work on getting everyone out and accountability set forth here.
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All right, you can make a good example where you're at.
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What's at Team 3 to Howard Lake, Team 2, I'll send you a pin.
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Come again.
07:53
What's the Team 3 to Howard Lake, Team 2, I'll send you a pin of the commencement case camp.
08:01
Tenport.
08:04
And then where about are you from the staging area off 90th Street?
08:11
The UTV is on its way to the field road, straight north of the staging site.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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