Walnut Creek Search

Search for a missing Alzheimer's patient in Walnut Creek. Additional details to follow.

View of the creek where the suject was located. Note the subject's walker in the foreground.

View from above. Members of the search & rescue team and the fire department have examined the subject and placed her in a stokes litter for carryout

A low-angle rescue system was used to help move the loaded litter up from the creek.

The subject is carried to a waiting ambulance after being safely extracated from the creekbed


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