Masan Fire Station Safely Rescues Missing Octogenarian from Sanho Stream in Yangdeok-dong

The Masan Fire Station Rescue Team in Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, safely rescued an elderly man in his 80s who went missing at Sanhocheon in Yangdeok-dong, Masanhwoin-gu, around 2:11 PM on the 21st.

Masan Fire Station rescue team is rescuing an elderly person in their 80s who went missing in Sanho Stream.

On the 20th, the family reported the disappearance after the mother left home around 2 AM and did not return. The police confirmed through CCTV footage at 3:10 AM on the same day that the missing person was seen drifting in the water at Sanhocheon in Yangdeok-dong.

In response, the Masan Fire Station Rescue Team organized personnel into teams of two and conducted a search inside and outside Sanhocheon using a firefighting drone, eventually locating the missing person near a bridge pillar about 100 meters inside the waterway.

At the time of discovery, the missing person was holding onto a pillar in the dark covered stream, suspected of having minor abrasions and hypothermia, and was safely transported by the Seokjeon Emergency Medical Team to a hospital in Changwon City.

Notably, the Masan Fire Station Rescue Team judged the rescue site to be a difficult area to access and conducted a search for the person using a firefighting drone, which enabled the rapid discovery of the missing individual.

Rescue team member Lee Chanyoung said, “There is an increasing number of dispatches where visual discovery is not possible. We will continue to actively utilize drones in various dispatches to do our best to save the precious lives of citizens in danger.”

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