Fort St. James Search and Rescue Society save woman with broken leg from icy mountain top
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The Fort St.James Search and Rescue Society was recently called to save a woman with a broken leg from an icy mountain in the Fort St.James area.
“My friend slipped over her leg and snapped her Tibia and Fibia and turned her foot around backwards,” explained Dave Mothus, a friend of the victim that was also on the mountain, “we had no choice but to call Search and Rescue because we were on this super icy mountain.”
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