A heroic effort by state troopers in New Jersey was caught on camera. They tracked down and saved a man who had been missing for 24 hours and was suffering from hypothermia. NickJCaloway spoke with the troopers about the dramatic rescue.
The victim, Tom McHugh, was reported missing by his daughter on Dec. 17, 24 hours after he went for a ride on his UTV, or side-by-side, in the rural"We got a picture of the tire tracks and began searching for tire tracks matching that in nearby trails," Trooper Robert Hoffman said.As cold as it was that night, McHugh was actually lucky that there was snow on the ground. Those troopers were able to track his footprints through the snow and track him down.
They found McHugh half a mile away from the UTV, unconscious. His body temperature was dangerously low."That's what they teach us to do: life-saving skills in cold conditions. Strip down, get on top of him, give him sternum rubs, body heat to body heat, whatever you can do to," he said. They covered him with jackets and took turns laying on top of him. The victim's breathing improved, but they still had to get him out of the woods.
It was a slog. A team of eight people lugged the 6-foot-2, 200-plus-pound man half a mile through mud and snow to the rescue vehicle. CBS2's Nick Caloway met seven of the troopers involved in the rescue. All say they relied on their training; none would consider themselves heroes."Because they found him so fast. They did what they had to. But they went above and beyond," she said.© 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.Please enter email address to continue
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