A barefoot woman and her dog were rescued from a Utah canyon after flash flooding swept the pair at least 150 feet down the canyon, officials said.
“Subject reported that he was caught in floodwaters and carried ‘150-200 feet’ down the canyon,” the Grand County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team posted on Facebook. “He stated that he heard the flood coming and tried to go to higher ground. He reached the sand bank above the creek with his dog, but the rising water eroded the sand, sending him and the dog into the floodwaters.”
The unidentified 38-year-old woman was rescued Thursday night from Mary Jane Canyon in Moab Utah, sheriff’s officials said. The woman managed to send an SOS alert on her iPhone, a feature that shares a person’s location information with emergency services.
The Grand County Sheriff’s Office received the woman’s SOS message via text at 7:22 p.m. Thursday, but the alert only detailed the location, not the conditions for the request for help.
“The standard text message with the service just says that the person with the device needs help. It contains geographic coordinates, but no information about the nature of the emergency. The Grand County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue was notified and sent a team of hikers to start the canyon,” the search and rescue team explained in its Facebook post.
A barefoot woman and her dog were rescued from a Utah canyon after flash flooding swept the pair at least 150 feet down the canyon. Grand County Sheriff
The rescue team also deployed a Classic Air Medical helicopter to the scene, which searched from the direction of the canyon. The plane was able to locate the woman’s dog about two miles downstream from the original coordinates sent to authorities.
“The helicopter was unable to land in the canyon, but the crew relayed its position to the SAR ground team. Rescuers reached the woman about 1.5 miles from the main trail at 9:25 p.m. He was not injured,” the rescue team said on Facebook.
Stormy weather and flash floods caused the woman’s shoes to come off, and she began to climb barefoot to safety. When she first sent an SOS message on her iPhone, the woman told rescuers she received a failed warning message and believed she was on her own to find safety.
The Grand County Sheriff’s Office received the woman’s SOS message via text at 7:22 p.m. Thursday, but the alert only detailed the location, not the conditions for the request for help. Getty Images/iStockphoto
“Convinced that his SOS was not transmitted, he began to hike into the canyon barefoot with his dog. Rescuers stated he was ‘covered in mud from head to toe’ when they reached him,” the rescue team said.
A rescuer lent the woman a pair of shoes and “everyone went back to the trailhead,” according to the rescue team.
“Safety Tip: Please research your planned route carefully. Know the specific types of terrain you will encounter. Check the local weather forecast on the day of your trip. Thunderstorms build quickly and can flood the canyon from afar,” the rescue team added.
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