from rescue into recovery mission. now it s going to fall into a medical examiner to determine whether jason bolig was killed when he plunged into the crater on monday or whether he was able to survive but not long enough. and patrick, just how tough have conditions really been for the rescuers as they were trying to get to him? i can t imagine more difficult conditions, campbell. when i drove in this morning, you see these mountains behind me? you couldn t see those. they were completely fogged in and throughout the day, rescuers tried it again and again. the navy helicopter came here this morning and spent several hours this morning before they went back and refueled. you have this brief window of opportunity. imagine trying to bring a helicopter into a crater. they were not able to see the top of the mountain for much of the day, and this is an area that obviously, looking at what happened to jason bolig, is very prone to avalanches, so it was a
know about joe because i heard speculation he wasn t prepared for this climb, wasn t prepared for overnight. nobody carries the kind of gear to do an overnight normally. we were well prepared. we had clothing, food, water, phones. and all platform journalists patrick altman is at mt. st. helen s right now. i know they were hoping to get him while he was still alive. what happened? campbell, obviously it was not the outcome that rescuers had hoped for. they worked furiously for the last 24 hours against bad weather, bad luck and some seriously dangerous conditions to try to reach jason bolig. when a navy helicopter was finally able to reach inside this crater this afternoon, they found mr. bolig exactly where police said they thought he would be. that s when the mission turned
than two weeks after starting plavix. other rare but serious side effects may occur. a hiker who fell into the mt. st. helen s volcano tonight is dead. his body was found just a couple hours ago. it was recovered more than 24 hours after the man fell 1500 feet into the crater. jason bolig is seen here posing in a photograph just after reaching the senate. moments later, the ground underneath him collapsed. take a look. the biggest thing i want to
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