Trapped under a rock of more than 300 kilos, for three hours, Kell Morris, a 61 -year -old American, survived with only a few minor injuries, reports the Associated Press Agency, this Friday, May 30. Going hiking near the Godwin Glacier in the city of Anchorage, in Alaska, the man found himself tracked under a giganic rock after crossing a non -athlete path.
However, Kell Morris had tried the best that the most dangerous rocks could avoid, he told the authorities, some that weighed almost 500 kilograms. But while trying to return to his steps, the man fell.
“I returned and felt the floor avoid under me,” he said, saying he felt a rock hitting it.
“When it happened, I doubted a positive result,” he said, describing the pain he felt as an “rock avalanche” that fell on him.
The victim in hypothermia
Waiting for the arrival of the rescue, his wife Jo Roop, a former Alaska state policeman, kept his head out of the water that flowed from the glacier to avoid drowning. Surprisingly, he just had to walk about 300 meters to find a signal and join 911, underline CBS news.
The path is impracticable, emergency services were transported by helicopter, which remained in stationary flight. “The Firefighters had to jump from the helicopter to the ground because he could not land safely,” said Seward’s fire service in a press release published on Facebook.
Firefighters used two inflatable cushions normally reserved for the extraction of people from resistant vehicles to slightly lift the rock. In total, seven agents were mobilized to extract the victim.
In hypothermia, Kell Morris was transported to the nearest hospital. “I expected it to recover, but not what comes out without scratching,” said Seward’s firefighters, Clinton criticizes. “I was very lucky. God was watching me,” said Kell Morris.
Source: BFM TV
