Search and Rescue team risks hazards to serve

  • Submitted photo. Will McCracken, Isaac Williams and Tate Nichols are part of the swiftwater rescue team with Rabun County Search and Rescue. Rescuers say that speciality training they received in Texas gave them the skills they needed to navigate through the strong current and locate a missing person on the Tallulah River in June.
    Submitted photo. Will McCracken, Isaac Williams and Tate Nichols are part of the swiftwater rescue team with Rabun County Search and Rescue. Rescuers say that speciality training they received in Texas gave them the skills they needed to navigate through the strong current and locate a missing person on the Tallulah River in June.
  • Submitted photo. Back row: Isaac Williams, Jess Watts, Chris Wright, Will McCracken, McCord Johnson. Front row: Steve Patterson and Hunter Hargrave attend a course at the Fathom Academy Swiftwater Rescue Training Center in Georgetown, Texas in 2019.
    Submitted photo. Back row: Isaac Williams, Jess Watts, Chris Wright, Will McCracken, McCord Johnson. Front row: Steve Patterson and Hunter Hargrave attend a course at the Fathom Academy Swiftwater Rescue Training Center in Georgetown, Texas in 2019.
  • Submitted photo. Will McCracken, Reed Shirley, McCord Johnson, Steve Patterson, instructor, Rick Cummings, Chris Wright, Mark Holloway, Jon Barnwell and Tate Nichols attend a course at the Fathom Academy Swiftwater Rescue Training in Georgetown, Texas in 2020
    Submitted photo. Will McCracken, Reed Shirley, McCord Johnson, Steve Patterson, instructor, Rick Cummings, Chris Wright, Mark Holloway, Jon Barnwell and Tate Nichols attend a course at the Fathom Academy Swiftwater Rescue Training in Georgetown, Texas in 2020
  • Submitted photo. The Rabun County Search and Rescue swiftwater rescue team trek through the Tallulah River to locate a drowning victim in June. Rescuers say that speciality training they received in Texas gave them the skills they needed to navigate through the strong current and locate a missing person on the Tallulah River in June.
    Submitted photo. The Rabun County Search and Rescue swiftwater rescue team trek through the Tallulah River to locate a drowning victim in June. Rescuers say that speciality training they received in Texas gave them the skills they needed to navigate through the strong current and locate a missing person on the Tallulah River in June.
  • Submitted photo. A group of Rabun County Search and Rescue crew members attend Swiftwater Rescue Training at the Fathom Academy in Georgetown, Texas in 2019. The group trains in a night ops simulation.
    Submitted photo. A group of Rabun County Search and Rescue crew members attend Swiftwater Rescue Training at the Fathom Academy in Georgetown, Texas in 2019. The group trains in a night ops simulation.
  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Search and Rescue Lt. Chris Wright demonstrates how a Stokes Basket is used to transport patients through various types of terrain when they are rescued.
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Search and Rescue Lt. Chris Wright demonstrates how a Stokes Basket is used to transport patients through various types of terrain when they are rescued.
  • Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Search and Rescue Lt. Chris Wright, left, and Chief Will McCracken demonstrate how a Stokes Basket is used to transport patients through various types of terrain when they are rescued.
    Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Search and Rescue Lt. Chris Wright, left, and Chief Will McCracken demonstrate how a Stokes Basket is used to transport patients through various types of terrain when they are rescued.
    TIGER-- The Rabun County Search and Rescue team is made up completely of volunteers who dedicate their time to serve the residents of Rabun County.  There are approximately 40 team m...

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