Paraglider lands safely at high school track
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Letcher County Public Safety
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Can you get a hold of this caller one more time?
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For she works at McDonald's.
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She said a customer came into the store and they saw a paratrooper crash into the hillside across the street from them.
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Looking across the high school area into the hills.
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I'll try to see if I see them back though.
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Go ahead.
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Ten four. We're gonna run up 119 to the high school to make sure we don't see anything.
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You can advise Whitesburg PD and me on the MA for.
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There's a hazard.
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We copy all that direct.
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We're at 97 McDonald's, talking to the boy right now.
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Go
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ahead.
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898, five issue.
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11.
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Did
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he give his address where he was from or where this incident took place?
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Ten four, it's negative.
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They only advised with Montgomery Creek Road.
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Ten four, I made contact with workers.
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They advised that they showed y'all where it was.
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They said that it should be right by the high school.
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They said that they seen
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parachutists, parachute or whatever it is.
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It's tree line at the building.
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It's just there up on the high school.
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Go ahead.
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It's ten four.
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We're going to be on scene reference Cougar Drive at the new Letcher County Central High School.
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We're on our way up the hill to it right now.
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Go ahead.
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Ten four. If I get more information, I'll let you know.
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Ten four.
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Like I said, we're gonna be on (number withheld) Cougar Drive.
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Do you want to make sure they mean the new high school and not the old high school? Go ahead.
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Ten four. They advised they spoke to one of the fire members or somebody.
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They said they spoke to somebody there and they showed them where it was.
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Ten four.
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As far as I'm aware of, it's just me and one other unit, and I read you.
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Go ahead.
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Spoke with the guy at McDonald's.
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They were talking to him.
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Watching for fire.
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Hazard 911.
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Go ahead.
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Ten four. We're still attempting to locate.
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We may need a assistance manpower.
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Making fire be next to us.
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You just want to place them on standby for me.
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Fire, Whitesburg Fire.
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Stand by.
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Stand by, Whitesburg Fire. We got a full crew here.
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We can bring the rescue truck down if you need to.
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Watch for fire hazard.
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Nine one one.
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Ten four.
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Be advised, you can signal eight on this traffic on this paraglider.
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We made contact with the subject 1st .
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And for it
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appears he was just using the top track field here at the high school for a landing zone,
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either paragliding or some small aerial device.
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You know, carrying out a signal eight page for everybody, and he admitted everything's simple.
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Aircraft accident.
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Watch for fire.
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May contact with anything.
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Just using the track at the high school for landing zone.
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Team four, he's not crashing anything.
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Go ahead.
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Team four has a copy of that.
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All units, be standing down.
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