“No matter where you are in your career, whether you’re at the top of the ladder as a chief or if you’re a brand-new rookie coming that day, sooner or later you’re going to depend on one another.”
When a hiker falls and breaks his leg in the treacherous, 1200-foot-deep Tallulah Gorge, the warm and sunny winter day lends rescuers a sense of reassurance. But as the afternoon heat cedes to the chill of evening, one of the most seasoned rescuers develops hypothermia, and the team quickly realizes it’s working on borrowed time.
Join former firefighter/paramedic and host Phil Klein as his guest, 38-year public service veteran Chief David, recalls this tedious mission in the “Grand Canyon of Georgia” from early in his career. David vividly details how rescuing one person escalated into saving three and how the weather furnished a full-circle finish to the story years later.
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