[Geysers] Fw: (News Release) Young Boy Burned Near Old Faithful

[JOHN WARNOCK]

I always hate hearing about accidents like this.  I opened the attached NPS 
photo and noticed that the picture of Grand was taken from a point well off 
the boardwalk, this of course after the NPS news release firmly stating to 
ALWAYS stay on the boardwalk.
Just John.

GO LEDGE

>From: Lee_Whittlesey at nps.gov
>Reply-To: geyser observation reports <geysers at wwc.edu>
>To: geysers at wwc.edu
>CC: jett at yellowstone.ws, bearlybob at bresnan.net, watry at aol.com
>Subject: [Geysers] Fw: (News Release) Young Boy Burned Near Old Faithful
>Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:44:15 -0600
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>----- Forwarded by Lee Whittlesey/YELL/NPS on 06/11/2006 03:43 PM -----
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>                       YELL Public
>                       Affairs                  To:
>                       Sent by: Al Nash         cc:       (bcc: Lee 
>Whittlesey/YELL/NPS)
>                                                Subject:  (News Release) 
>Young Boy Burned Near Old Faithful
>
>                       06/11/2006 03:14
>                       PM MDT
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>(See attached file: 31-Utah Boy Burned.pdf)
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>National Park Service
>U.S. Department of the Interior
>
>Yellowstone National Park
>P.O. Box 168
>Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>June 11, 2006     06-31
>Nash or Vallie (307) 344-2010 or 344-2012
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK NEWS RELEASE
>----------------------------------------------------
>
>YOUNG BOY BURNED NEAR OLD FAITHFUL
>
>A young boy from Utah was burned Saturday evening after falling into water
>from a recently erupted geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
>
>The six year old is from South Jordan, Utah.  The boy, his parents, and two
>older siblings had entered the park earlier in the day, pitched camp at
>Madison Campground, and then traveled to the Old Faithful area.
>
>The family had just watched an eruption of Grand Geyser around 6:00 p.m.
>The boy was playing and walking along on the wet boardwalk when he slipped
>and fell into hot water runoff from nearby West Triplet Geyser, which had
>also recently erupted.
>
>He was pulled from the water after suffering burns to his arms and legs.  A
>park ranger was nearby and immediately summoned Old Faithful rangers who
>responded to the scene with an ambulance and paramedic.  The boy was taken
>to the Old Faithful Clinic where his condition was stabilized.  He was then
>transported by ambulance to the West Yellowstone, Montana airport and flown
>by fixed wing air ambulance to the Burn Center at the University of Utah
>Hospital in Salt Lake City.  His current condition is unavailable.
>
>The Utah boy is the first person to receive severe thermal burns this
>summer in Yellowstone National Park. Visitors are reminded to stay on
>boardwalks and designated trails and exercise caution as many thermal
>features are near or above boiling temperatures.
>
>It is National Park Service policy not to release names of juvenile
>accident victims.
>
>-www.nps.gov/yell -
>
>Producers/Editors note:  A stock digital image of Grand Geyser erupting can
>be downloaded at
>http://www.nps.gov/yell/slidefile/thermalfeatures/geysers/upper/Images/10100.jpg
>.  NPS Photo by Frank Walker (1978).


><< 31-UtahBoyBurned.pdf >>


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