Trapped man rescued by U. S. Border Patrol

Sunday March 7, 2004, around 8PM, there was an incident in Boulevard, California, where a person was
trapped on Boundary Peak. The call came in on his cell phone. don't know
what country he was a citizen of but he didn't speak English. For the first
1/2 hour they didn't have much of an idea where he was as he was giving a
location name no one in Boulevard was aware of. Using a guess that Boundary
Peak was the only big mountain in the area the Boulevard Chief headed that way.

Boulevard Fire requested Copter 1 to assist them in locating the victim and
air lifting rescue equipment to the area. Copter 1 was unavailable! ( As
were Astrea, the Coast Guard or the Military.) Fortunately the Border Patrol
copter was available to assist in the location and a Border Patrol auto jack
was used to lift the bolder off the trapped victim, who was air lifted out
by Mercy Air WHO SEEMED TO HAVE AVOIDED THE "WEATHER" PROBLEM COPTER 1 HAD.

There was a request by fire to go 100 meters across the border and allow the
copter to fly in Mexican airspace. Through our dispatcher, Heartland fire,
through the CDF dispatcher, Monta Vista. Whoever Monta Vista talked to
denied permission.

The Grupo (sp?) rescue people from Tecate did show up towards the end of the
operation.