Two teens who were trapped when a huge snow cave collapsed on top of them in a rural area southeast of Seattle were rescued after their mother dialed 911 for help, reaching Eastside Regional Communications Center (Wash.) dispatcher Becky McCracken. It took a long time for emergency units to reach the scene, so McCracken spent an hour talking to the boys’ mother. The family had been hiking along a stream and encountered an area where snow covered the water to form a cave. Firefighters used a chainsaw to slowly cut chunks of the snow away, finally revealing the boys after about five hours. They were airlifted to a hospital in serious condition but are expected to recover. The Eastside center is operated by the Bellevue Police Department and serves 16 agencies over 1,400 square-miles. Watch a video about McCracken here, and listen to the entire one-hour 911 call here. [map]
The Eastside comm center is nearly 50 miles away from the mountain stream where the two teens were trapped.
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