CEMML Employee Receives the
National Park Service Search and Rescue Award

On January 4, 2007 the National Park Service awarded the National Park Service Search and Rescue Award to CEMML employee Ian Bagley. Ian rescued a 3 year old girl from certain death while on a family vacation at the Grand Canyon National Park in September 2006. The girl fell from an observation point above the Grand Canyon. She fell 35 feet onto a talus slope. She survived the first fall, but with each movement slipped further down the talus slope toward another drop - this one 200 feet. Risking his own life and employing skills and selflessness learned as a Boy Scout and during EMT training, Ian climbed down the first cliff and reached the girl just 5 feet above the second drop . . . and certain death.

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Article published January 2, 2007 in the Coloradoan Newspaper by Laura Bailey

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Ian Bagley (left) receives the National Park Service Search and Rescue Award