{"id":13482,"date":"2012-08-14T14:41:39","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T12:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/kloof-gorge-rescue-drama\/"},"modified":"2012-08-14T14:41:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T12:41:39","slug":"kloof-gorge-rescue-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/kloof-gorge-rescue-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Kloof Gorge rescue drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\">\n        \t\t  \t                August 13 2012 at 06:42pm <br \/>\n                          By Leanne Jansen\n\t          <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- C-ON-TEXT_CONTENT_START --> <\/p>\n<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/77f03_1219637869.jpg\" alt=\"NM Kloof Main\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">\n<p class=\"captions\">Captain Troy Allison of the SAPSs search and rescue unit, main picture, stabilises a stretcher containing a man who fell down Kloof Gorge, as it is hoisted out of the gorge yesterday. Inset: Paramedic Gary Paul abseils into the gorge to reach the man, who fell from the viewing platform in high winds. Pictures: Shelley Kjonstad and Chris Botha\/Netcare 911<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p>\t\t  \t\t  \t\t\t\t\t  \t\t  \t\t    <!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">A Durban man who was badly injured in a 60m plunge from a viewing point in Kloof Gorge was airlifted to Chief Albert Luthuli Hospital yesterday, much to the relief of his family, bystanders and a contingent from five rescue units. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">The alarm was raised when Bruce Cunningham, 46, of Waterfall, could not be reached after leaving home at around 7.30am and was reported missing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">His cellphone was traced by the community policing organisation SA CAN (SA Community Action Network) to within 600m of where he had fallen. He had fractured his legs and pelvis. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Firemen from Pinetown and Gillitts began shouting Cunningham\u2019s name above the roar of the wind into the gorge below. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Derrick Banks, spokesman for ER24, said he responded with a faint call for help. Banks said it was possible that Cunningham had lost his balance on the viewing deck because of the blustery conditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Paramedics, the SAPS search and rescue unit and the volunteer group Rescue Tech were lowered along the edge of the viewing point. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cunningham was sedated, placed in a special rescue stretcher and hoisted out of the gorge on a 100m line. He was then lowered and carried to a helicopter that airlifted him to hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Banks confirmed that despite his broken bones and dehydration, he was in a stable condition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">\u201cGreat team work and communication among all the services made this a successful rescue,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\t  <!-- .aticle_column --><\/p>\n<p><!-- C-ON-TEXT_CONTENT_END --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/5533e_sign-up.jpg\" alt=\"sign up\" class=\"images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"sharinganchor\" id=\"sharinganchor\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t  \t\t <!--  .article_tool\" --><\/p>\n<p>\t            <a name=\"rated\" id=\"rated\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Render the Comments --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 13 2012 at 06:42pm By Leanne Jansen Captain Troy Allison of the SAPSs search and rescue unit, main picture, stabilises a stretcher containing a man who fell down Kloof Gorge, as it is hoisted out of the gorge yesterday. Inset: Paramedic Gary Paul abseils into the gorge to reach the man, who fell from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8275,953,2143],"class_list":{"0":"post-13482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-durban","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-the-mercury","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13482\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}