Things that shape our lives...
I was hiking yesterday with friends in Adams Canyon in Layton. We were nearing the top when a kid ran past, headed down, blurting something out about," Had we seen the paramedics?" He stopped barely long enough to get our answer. Upon reaching the top we found a guy, maybe 15 years old, had slipped while climbing to see the waterfall from the top, falling over 40 ft. A lady with medical training was seeing to him but was not optimistic about his chances. He was unconscious and she felt he was fading fast and would not last long without further medical assistance. It was only few minutes later that we got word that the life flight helicopter was en route. Soon we could hear it. The roar of the engines and blades was intense, reverberating off the walls of the narrow canyon. Watching the helicopter ascending up the canyon, a tremendous dust cloud following it it's wake, was thrilling yet ominous, the reason for it's presence was all t...