A 13-year-old girl fell into Mashiter Creek and had to be rescued late last week.
The unidentified 樱桃视频youth was playing in the steep walled canyon below the new Sea to Sky University bridge Friday (Aug. 5).
The girl was with a small group of friends. Sgt. Colin Worth said the grade eight student slipped and fell into a pool of water. She was in an area that features steep rock walls, pools of water and a series of waterfalls. He said the victim of the fall was able to cling to a rock wall to avoid being swept downstream but she needed help to get out of the water.
A friend of the girl's who witnessed the incident said the victim went underwater after the fall and stayed under the water for a moment before coming up and grabbing hold of the rock wall. The victim became pinned in the fast flowing water in a place where she couldn't rescue herself and nobody could reach her.
The quick thinking friends screamed for help and at least two decided to run up a trail that parallels the creek to find a phone and call 911."She was hanging on and didn't want to go down to the next chute," Worth said.
He estimated she was holding on for about 20 minutes in the glacier fed water.
People living in homes close to the creek went to try and help but it took the efforts of 樱桃视频Fire Rescue (SFR) and the RCMP to finally save the girl.
Emergency crews got the call for help at 5:03 p.m. and arrived at the scene soon after. RCMP members were first to arrive. SFR and B.C. Ambulance Paramedics arrived next and volunteers with SFR hauled rescue gear down to the site of the emergency.
According to the RCMP, a rescuer rappelled down and reached the girl. She was stripped out of his arms by the swift moving water then she was swept into a chute and over a waterfall into the waiting arms of two rescuers who were positioned to grab her in case she went over the falls, said Worth.
The girl won't soon forget the incident as she was suffering from hypothermia and she displayed symptoms shown by people in shock after a traumatic experience.
She was placed in an ambulance at the top of The Boulevard and treated by paramedics.
Cpl. Dave Ritchie said the girl was later released to her family.
"I'm not going down there after that ever again," said one of the victim's female friends.
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