Man needed rescue after falling in rocks @ Devils Den

[EJ Zander]

Hope the gentleman makes a full and speedy recovery
Article :
www.wgal.com/article/man-rescued-after-fall-at-devils-den-in-gettysburg-national-military-park/37780565

 

[bayonet]

Wow how many Emergency Personnel does it take to rescue 1 knucklehead that went exploring where he should not have gone?

 

[1st New Jersey Brigade]

So does this make him a casualty of Gettysburg ? If it does he has a story for his grandkids .

 

[Gettysburg Greg]

So does this make him a casualty of Gettysburg ? If it does he has a story for his grandkids .

Good point, I have to admit that on more than one of my trips to Gettysburg, I scratched up my legs pretty badly tromping through the brush. When I noticed blood running down my legs I had a strange sensation of pride at having shed blood on the Gettysburg battlefield. And, yes, I told my grandkids!

 

[Jack7171]

Word around town was he had a seizure

 

[donna]

Just pray he be okay. It really could happen to any of us.

 

[pamc153PA]

Wow how many Emergency Personnel does it take to rescue 1 knucklehead that went exploring where he should not have gone?

I don't know that this guy was exploring willingly—he had a seizure, and fell into a 15-foot crease between the rocks.

 

[bankerpapaw]

That could have been me. My wife is very reluctant to allow me to climb on "stuff" at my age.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

It makes me wonder how many soldier fell into the cracks at Devil's Den.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

It makes me wonder how many soldier fell into the cracks at Devil's Den,

According to Garry Edelman and Tim Smith's Devil's Den: A History and Guide, a large number of bodies fell into the crevices of Devil's Den and they were unable to be extracted and properly buried after the battle (page 61). The smell lingered for quite a while.

 

[infomanpa]

So does this make him a casualty of Gettysburg ? If it does he has a story for his grandkids .

Good point, I have to admit that on more than one of my trips to Gettysburg, I scratched up my legs pretty badly tromping through the brush. When I noticed blood running down my legs I had a strange sensation of pride at having shed blood on the Gettysburg battlefield. And, yes, I told my grandkids!

A year or two ago, I fell off a stone wall and bruised or fractured a rib. Now, I say that I was wounded on the Gettysburg battlefield.

 

[Mrs. V]

How terrifying for the poor fellow, and for the chaperone who found him! Siezures can leave the vicitim very disoriented and sleepy..brains having a spaz will do that.

Glad people were around to help him. For once it isn't a case of someone going off trail and getting into trouble when they knew better.

 

[bayonet]

I don't know that this guy was exploring willingly—he had a seizure, and fell into a 15-foot crease between the rocks.

Well if your prone to medical conditions of that nature maybe just maybe you might not want to venture out along the edge there. Just saying having been up there myself several times. A Man's got to know his limitations, I have the older I get.