At Voyageurs National Park’s Namakan Lake, strong gusts and choppy waves have been recorded.
According to authorities, a park ranger lost his life on Sunday in a national park in Minnesota while assisting three family members who were caught in strong winds and choppy waters in his rescue boat, which overturned on a lake.
The National Park Service (NPS) reported that the ranger, who is not yet publicly known, responded late on Sunday morning to a report of a disabled civilian sailboat on Namakan Lake at Voyageurs National Park.
While being pulled by the ranger’s boat on the lake, the civilian sailboat overturned. According to officials, the three citizens and the ranger in the NPS boat were tossed into the river.
The ranger never came back to the surface, but the three civilians swam to safety.
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After a three-hour search, Rangers, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Kabetogama Fire Department, and the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office found the missing ranger’s corpse in the lake about 3:20 p.m., according to the NPS.
When the ranger was assisting the family, lashing winds had created waves that were five to six feet high, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
Gordon Ramsay, the sheriff for St. Louis County, told the newspaper that one of the responding rangers claimed he had never seen wind conditions this “wild.”
According to Ramsay, the deceased ranger was nearly retired and had a lot of experience.
Ramsay told the Star Tribune, “He was just all about helping others and that’s what he died doing.” “He had a servant’s heart by all accounts.”
In a few months, the ranger’s death is the second in a national park.
The 78-year-old Park Ranger Tom Lorig passed away in Utah in June following a fall that injured him while he was assisting guests during the yearly Astronomy Festival at Bryce Canyon National Park.
Investigations into the event in Voyageurs National Park are still ongoing.
Namakan Lake is close to the Canadian border and is part of the Voyageurs National Park, which is situated in northern Minnesota.
