Search and Rescue Award

Men who rescued ultramarathon runner honored

June 30--Three Visalia men were honored Wednesday by the National Park Service for their rescue of a Squaw Valley woman who fell through a snow bridge earlier this month at Sequoia National Park.Park officials presented Stefan Barycki, Christopher Edwards and Michael Voyles with NPS Search and Rescue pins during a news conference in Fresno."It's citizens like this that make the world go round," said Sequoia and Kings Canyon park superintendent...

"You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes."

~Walter M. Schirra, Sr.~