Who: A 50-year-old Texan
Where: Mount Crescent, Crescent Range, New Hampshire
His mistake: No comment
What happened: A man from Texas was hiking with a group of friends. During his hike, he somehow fell and injured his thumb. The man said he wasn’t able to extend his thumb.
A friend in the group called 911 and requested a helicopter to rescue the man with the injured thumb. It is unclear if the man had no legs and walked on his hands. The friend in the group also said that another group of friends were climbing to their location to assist the man.
The dispatcher denied the group’s request because there were two other potential rescues underway in the same area. There were some overdue hikers in the area and a 62-year-old woman with a sore knee who was making her way out of the wilderness.
Because volunteer rescue services were spread so thin, and the fact that the man had additional friends going up to him, the dispatcher didn’t send the chopper. It is unclear why the man’s thumb would have impeded him to hike out himself.
Read the story here.
Many a hearty hiker have been done in by the notorious hangnail.
Was this guy a Texas Aggie?
(Gig' Em Aggies!)