Rankin Inlet Search and Rescue (SAR) successfully retrieved four people from out on the land this past week.
Search co-ordinator Lorna Grace Tatty of Rankin Inlet said she received a message from Rankin Inlet Fire Chief Mark Wyatt at 9:16 p.m. on May 26, telling her that he had received a call from Apple about an S.O.S. call made from a cell phone.
Tatty said Wyatt gave her the co-ordinates from where the message originated and informed her that it was a family of four involved: Pauline Semik; son Robert Semik; daughter Ashley Semik; and Honore Pissuk, Ashley's boyfriend.
Pauline Semik was injured with what turned out to be a broken foot.
Tatty said an incident number was assigned and she took over from there.
SA国际影视传媒�I called our Emergency Management Operations in Iqaluit to give them all the information and tell them what was going on,SA国际影视传媒� said Tatty. SA国际影视传媒淭hen I sent out our first responders for SAR SA国际影视传媒� that's my common-law, Peter Kadlak, and Darcy Kanayok.
SA国际影视传媒�They left Rankin at 10:30 p.m. and only made it about 12 km out when Peter's sled got stuck in the slush. So, I messaged Solomon Ford to ask if he could help to pull out Peter's sled.
SA国际影视传媒�Solomon (Ford) has a wide-track snowmobile and he was able to pull them out. Then I told the guys to just come back to Rankin and I'll get Emergency Management Operations to send over a helicopter.
SA国际影视传媒�The helicopter couldn't leave until the next morning. It arrived in Rankin at 11:21 a.m. on Tuesday morning. It left to retrieve the four stranded people at 11:46 a.m. and arrived back with the stranded people at 12:31 p.m.SA国际影视传媒�
Tatty said she got one medic on board with the pilot to rescue the four people at Parallel Lake.
She said as of Tuesday evening, the snowmobile and sleds were still stuck out on the lake.
SA国际影视传媒�There was a SAR cabin close to where they were, so they were well-sheltered until they left there.
SA国际影视传媒�They stayed so calm through everything. They were really thankful when they arrived in Rankin. I never slept for two days when all this was happening.
SA国际影视传媒�They never told anyone they were going that far. When people go out, they should always let someone know where they're heading too. They should also always take extra rope and a dry bag for extra clothing, boots, a first aid kit and stuff like that.SA国际影视传媒�
Tatty said she was very happy with the way things played out.
She said you can't ask for anything better than everyone being found safe and sound.
SA国际影视传媒�Pauline (Semik) messaged me on Messenger to say thank you very much, so all's well that ends well.
SA国际影视传媒�I'll be doing responder training in July, maybe, for eight people from Rankin. And, maybe, in September, we'll be having drone pilot training for the Kivalliq region.
SA国际影视传媒�Peter Kadlak and I are certified drone pilots for Casara Search and Rescue and I'm also a certified navigator for Casara Search and Rescue for the Rankin region.SA国际影视传媒�
