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Three youths rescued from cliff on the Sonoma Coast

November 27th, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 11/27/09 at approximately 1440 hrs, The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office was notified of three teenagers who were stuck on a cliff just north of the walk on beach at The Sea Ranch.


Diver’s body from the surf, two men rescued

November 22nd, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On Sunday, November 22, 2009, at 1:06 PM, the Sheriff’s helicopter “Henry-1″ was dispatched to a possible ocean rescue near Horseshoe Cove, within Salt Point State Park. It was reported there was a subject floating face down in the water near the cove.


Abalone diver rescued from surf

November 21st, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 11-21-09 at about 9:54 am, the Sheriff’s helicopter “Henry-1″ was paged out for a “diver in distress” in the ocean in Gualala.


Man and dog rescued

October 17th, 2009 by admin | No Comments

On Saturday 10-17-09 at about 4:15 pm, the Sheriff’s Helicopter Unit “Henry-1″ was called out to the south end of Bodega Head for a cliff rescue. Witnesses reported that a man had become stranded on the cliff’s edge after trying to rescue his own dog, which had also fallen down the cliff.


Injured Lost Hiker and his Dog Found

October 3rd, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On Saturday, 10/03/09, at approximately 6:50PM, deputies were dispatched to the area of Muniz Ranch Road just north of downtown Jenner for a missing injured hiker. A resident in the 3800 block of Muniz Ranch Road reported that his roommate, Jonathan Hughes, 53 years old, went for a hike with [...]


Injured Annadel mountain biker rescued

September 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Releases On Saturday 09/26/2009 at approximately 3:40 PM, the flight crew of Sheriff’s helicopter “Henry-One” responded to a report of a “mountain biker down” somewhere on the North Burma Trail at Annadel State Park. The “Henry One” crew arrived on scene and was able to quickly locate the unattended patient, a [...]


Salmon Creek Beach Rescue

July 10th, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Salmon Creek Beach Rescue

A truck, occupied by two men, drove off of Highway 1 and plummented 75 feet to the beach.


Sheriff’s helicopter aids in woman’s rescue

July 3rd, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On 07/03/09 at approximately 1438 hours, the Sheriff’s Department’s “Henry-1″ helicopter flight crew was dispatched to 18000 Old Winery Rd. to assist in locating a 47-year old, suicidal female, whose vehicle was located in the winery parking lot. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed an empty prescription pill bottle [...]


Medical emergency and rescue at Fort Ross Reef

July 3rd, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On April 26, 2009 at 8:45 AM the Sonoma County Sheriff’s helicopter, “Henry-1″ responded to Fort Ross Reef for a medical emergency. Initial reports indicated that CPR was in progress on a subject near the campground. This area north of Jenner is a popular diving location. A Fish and Game [...]


Helicopter rescues adults and toddler from sinking boat

April 2nd, 2009 by admin | No Comments

Sonoma County Sheriff’s Press Release On April 2, 2009 at approximately 3:45 PM two adults and an 18-month-old toddler ran into trouble while returning from a fishing trip. After losing the steering on the 13-foot fiberglass boat, the men tossed an anchor overboard in an attempt to stop from being sucked out to San Pablo [...]