FOUND: 77-year-old woman from Orcas Island missing
By Q13 News Staff
A 77 year old woman from Orcas Island has been missing since Friday.
ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. - A missing 77-year-old woman from Orcas Island has been found.
San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 spokesperson said Saturday afternoon the woman, whose identity officials have not released, is from the Rosario area of Orcas Island has been found.
Search crews issued a missing person notice Friday afternoon for the woman. She is 5 4 with short grey hair. Search and rescue crews say she was last seen on Friday around 2:45 p.m. wearing a light-colored jacket
By lmurphy February 16, 2021 4:15 pm
EASTSOUND, Wash. A Navy helicopter crew rescued a woman who was experiencing heart failure on Orcas Island early Tuesday morning.
A Search and Rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island medically evacuated a 77-year-old female patient with congestive heart failure.
They picked her up at the Orcas Island Airport at about 5:30 a.m. and flew her to St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham.
This is the fifth mission and third medevac the team has conducted so far this year.
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