did not know that the national park had investigators. investigative journalist michael fleeman was don t feed the bears. but there is more to it. every death in our national parks investigated. in toni case, the same empty that came to investigate save her, now served as a cop. people work different arms of the park service. the guy who came out there in the middle of the night, and tried to save tony s life, and tried to get their old off the mountain, the next day became an investigator. the ranger set out to learn everything he could about harold and toni. harold told him the couple had set out at 1:45 on the deer mountain trail, as part of their anniversary weekend. you can see in this photo that the
first, ever really bad feeling about. this opium on deer mountain. immediately, the park launched a ranger who is also a trained emt, but the only way to get there from the trail head was on foot, and that would take hours. is she conscious and? breathing no she s not. she s not been conscious. she is breathing. harold, desperate, pleaded for a rescue helicopter. i will pay all expenses for a helicopter. i don t care if it s private or commercial. i ll pay all of the expenses right now. please get a paramedic right here. the operator tried to explain that no aircraft could do what harold was asking, not at that altitude. over that terrain. we can t, like, drop somebody out of the helicopter. from a ten-foot rope? no that s, it s not been done in my experience. harold knew tony situation was grave. she needs to get out of here. she needs to get to the hospital. harold didn t stay on with the 9-1-1 operator. he hung up because he was worried his cell phone battery
their police work was to tell you to put out a rogue campfire or something, or don t park here, don t feed the bears. reporter: but there s more to it. every death in our national parks is investigated. and in toni s case the same emt ranger who came to rescue her now switched roles from rescuer to cop. people wear different hats at the park service. the guy who schlepped out there in the middle of the night and tried to both save toni s life and get harold off the mountain the next day became an investigator. reporter: the ranger set out to learn everything he could about toni, harold and what happened on that quiet mountain. harold told him the couple had set out around 1:45 on the deer mountain trail as part of their romantic anniversary weekend. you can see in this selfie harold took that the henthorns seemed to be having fun, on a track that many would find challenging. hikers call it a moderate hike. but these are hikers who are, you know, scaling the sides of
reporter: famous for inspiring stephen king s the shining. reporter: he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early. it was a romantic weekend, after all. then saturday afternoon, they set out for rocky mountain national park to go on a hiking trail harold had scouted out a few months earlier. but just about 24 hours in, the perfect weekend turned tragic. 911, what s the address of your emergency? hello, my name is harold henthorn, and i m in the rocky mountain national park. okay. i need an alpine mountain rescue team immediately. reporter: it was just before 6:00 and harold needed help urgently. my wife has fallen from a rock on the north summit of deer mountain. on the deer mountain trail. and she s in really critical condition. reporter: harold told the 911 operator that toni had fallen from the edge of a cliff. we need to be sure that you know my location first. i have really bad cell coverage. okay. okay. i m on deer mountain. reporter: immed
inspiring stephen king s the shining. thank you. reporter: he scheduled an early dinner so they could turn in early. it was a romantic weekend, after all. then saturday afternoon, they set out for rocky mountain national park to go on a hiking trail harold had scouted out a few months earlier. but just about 24 hours in, the perfect weekend turned tragic. 911, what s the address of your emergency? hello, my name is harold henthorn, and i m in the rocky mountain national park. okay. i need an alpine mountain rescue team immediately. reporter: it was just before 6:00 and harold needed help urgently. my wife has fallen from a rock on the north summit of deer mountain. on the deer mountain trail. and she s in really critical condition. reporter: harold told the 911 operator that toni had fallen from the edge of a cliff. we need to be sure that you know my location first. i have really bad cell coverage. okay. okay. i m on deer mountain. reporter: immediately, th