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Daryl Miller - Honorary Member
January 27, 2010 - Alaska
United States Coast Guard Rear Admiral Christopher Colvin, commander District 17, is scheduled to present a Meritorious Public Service Award to Sitka Mountain Rescue at Air Station Sitka Wednesday at 3 p.m. for saving the life of an injured hunter Oct. 15, 2009. Following a night journey over sea and land three members of Sitka Mountain Rescue located the injured hunter on a cliff face at an elevation of 2,800 feet. SMR members were then hoisted 50-yards down to a steep and unstable mountainside by an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka. Upon reaching the victim, one of the rescue members and the hunter slid down the unstable face of the cliff stopping just short of an 800-foot drop-off. Four additional SMR members were brought to the scene by the Jayhawk helicopter to assist in the 8-hour trek over rough terrain to the valley floor where they were evacuated by the Jayhawk helicopter crew at first light. The Coast Guard maintains several Public Service Awards to recognize private citizens, groups, or organizations for helping the Coast Guard carry out its missions. The Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award is the second-highest Public Service Award and is given to recognize unusual courage in advancing a Coast Guard mission.
February 24 & 27, 2010 - Colorado
Mountain Rescue Aspen recovers body of missing skier from avalanche
February 21, 2010 - Wyoming
Teton County Search and Rescue recovers body of backcountry skier killed in avalanche
February 21, 2010 - Vermont
Stowe Mountain Rescue rescues lost skiers on Mount Mansfield.
February 14, 2010 - Colorado
Summit County Rescue Group responds to snowboader partially buried in avalanche.
February 14, 2010 - Alaska
Avalanche kills skier near Eagle River
February 15, 2010 - Colorado
Aspen Mountain Rescue rescues man injured in avalanche