In Daring Hoist, Coast Guard Swimmer Recovers Victim From Thor’s Well
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On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a report of a drowning tourist in Thor’s Well, a deep hole in the rocky shoreline south of Yachats, Oregon. The spot is both a roadside attraction and a hazard to the unwary, and not all who have gone in have survived.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At about 1540 hours, the service got a call reporting a man who had fallen into the well and needed rescue. A helicopter aircrew out of North Bend was dispatched to the scene and assist – but when they arrived after 20 minutes of flight, the victim was no longer visible to responders on shore; he had already drowned and was face-down in the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The helicopter’s rescue diver, Tyler Gantt, was tasked with the mission of recovery, a difficult job that would be much more hazardous to attempt from the shore. But the job of lowering away into a sinkhole that has a constantly-fluctuating water level and crashing surf, with rock walls on each side, is hardly safe. Gantt told the Lincoln Chronicle that it was one of the most hazardous missions he’d taken in 10 years on the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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