ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
Larry Smith is reporting search for missing South Adair man

Man was trying to assist wife to escape flood swollen waters. She is rescued from after being atop her truck for some 2 hours. Search will resume for her husband this morning. WHVE weatherman and member of the Breeding Fire Department Dan Wilson was at the scene and has highest praise for efforts of rescue team.

Larry Smith sent this report he is airing this morning on 92.7 The Wave. The report was written by Daniel Wilson:
"Search efforts are to resume this morning for a man who is missing after trying to assist his wife who was swept downstream in a creek off Greenbriar in the Breeding Community of Adair Co.

"It was around 9:10 when officials received the call and at 11:00 the female was being attend to after spending some 2 hours on top of her truck waiting for rescuers.

"Breeding Fire Department was assisted by the water rescue units from Green and Taylor Counties as well as K-9 officers.

"Search and rescue operations are expected to begin for the missing man this morning at 8:00."
Smith said that the woman was treated at Westlake Regional Hospital. Daniel Wilson, WHVE's weather man, said, "Please commend the efforts of everyone involved. I was at the scene and the water was nothing but horribly deadly, but those guy were prepared, and did wat needed to be done."




This story was posted on 2009-12-09 06:03:12
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.