"Bill Tuthill" wrote in message ...
yakmom wrote:

http://boatertalk.com/forum/BoaterTalk/1001312

Thanks for pointing us to the article. Good work, I'm glad you
and the others saved Dawn's life.

Good advice about securing gear before the helicopter arrives.
Rescue classes never covered that.


Really?? That was definately covered in both my WEMT and SOLO couses, as
supposedly the swirling winds of the heliocopter can toss things up enough
to get into the blades, or get sucked into the intakes. We learned to either
move everything FAR away, or shove everything small enough into a kayak, or
pack it into a big pile, clip the pfds together and make a 'net' to cover
things, and have someone lay on it.

--riverman