Mount Jumbo rises up across from downtown Juneau on Douglas Island on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Multiple organizations work together for ‘quick and effective’ rescue
A Juneau man was rescued Saturday morning after suffering symptoms of hypothermia while on a hunting trip on Douglas Island, according to Alaska State Troopers.
The 42-year-old Juneau resident’s name isn’t being released by troopers due to medical privacy reasons, AST spokesperson Megan Peters said Monday. Neither Troopers nor Bartlett Regional Hospital had an update on the man’s condition as of Monday afternoon.
The Juneau Police Department got a call early Saturday morning that one member of a four-man hunting party had symptoms of hypothermia and was unable to warm up, according to an AST dispatch. At about 6:45 a.m., JPD contacted Troopers, who coordinated a rescue…
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