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Coast Guard rescues missing Queets hunter

Published on Thu, Nov 15, 2012
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The Coast Guard rescued a 21-year-old hunter missing near Queets River, Wash., Monday.

 

Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received a request for assistance from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office after the woman failed to appear at a pre-planned pick up site at Yahoo Lake near Queets, Wash., Sunday.

 

An MH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria was launched to aid searchers and spotted the woman approximately nine miles from Yahoo Lake at 6 p.m.  She was taken to Forks, Wash., uninjured where Jefferson County Sheriff’s personnel were waiting.
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