Meyers Chuck 07.27.2013

While we were having coffee & hot chocolate this morning one of the homeowner’s in the bay, named Greg, came out to visit us in his dinghy.  He too had a Stocklind Yard fish boat at one time!  His fish boat was built in 1966 which made it one year older than ours.  It was fun to find someone who had the same boat!

After having a crab scramble for breakfast, we rowed into the dock and gave our dinghy a good bath.  Once that chore was completed we decided to walk on the trail leading out to the point at the end of the harbor.  There are no roads here in Meyer’s Chuck & you can only access the homes located here by boat or by plane.  To get around in the bay there are walking paths from house to house & along the waterfront.

 

 

When we were out at the point we heard someone shouting for help.  We could hear other people in the bay responding and could see across the bay there were a bunch of people heading towards one home that was located right on the water.  We could hear the conversation and it appeared that the gentlemen had a broken ankle.  As Bruce was a volunteer EMT in New Jersey we started walking to the other side of the bay to see if they needed his help.

When we got there, Bruce was able to stabilize the leg and coordinate the neighbors assistance.  The Meyer’s Chuck community has some really great medical supplies which included one of those baskets that you put someone in for medical transport.  Once Ed was strapped into the basket, it took eight men to carry him down the rocks to the shore and get him into a small powerboat.  They took him over to the float plane dock and waited for the plane to come pick him up and transport him to the hospital in Ketchikan.  We heard later in the day that Ed had broken his leg in two places and had to have surgery to place a couple of pins.  It looks like he’ll be in the hospital at least overnight.  I was glad Bruce was able to assist them.