Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.22.2014
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Texas Fish and Wildlife Department and local Fire and Rescue and Emergency Medical Services responders simulate the recovery of a teen’s body from Whitney Lake during a recent exercise. Ryland Holt, portrayed the victim as 250 of his fellow classmates and staff from Whitney Middle School looked on. Members from Air Evac Lifeteam 51, Hillsboro Fire and Rescue and......
Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.22.2014
In front of a somber crowd of students from Whitney Middle School Ryland Holt’s body is taken from the scene of a tragic cliff jumping accident. The accident and subsequent rescue and recovery was part of an elaborate water safety message for the students developed by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers. The simulation also allowed for the more than 20 agencies to train together so......
Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.22.2014
Jan Holt, captivated more than 250 students and staff from Whitney Middle School with her performance as a grieving mother whose son died after jumping from a cliff. Local, state, federal agencies along with the Whitney Independent School District, local businesses and community groups supported this rescue and recovery exercise....
Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.22.2014
Rescue Divers Bo Dromgoole, left and Matt Powell recover Ryland Holt’s body from Whitney Lake. The Whitney Middle School student was selected to portray a drowning victim as part of a water safety program created by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers to discourage cliff jumping....
Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.22.2014
About 250 students, parents and staff from Whitney Middle School viewed a simulated rescue and recovery operation at Walling Bend Park on Whitney Lake. This was part of a water safety program created by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers to discourage cliff jumping....
Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 05.22.2014
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Douglas Volcik, left, and members of Bosque County and Hill County Sheriffs Offices gather information from witnesses on the scene of a mock drowning. Participants wore microphones so that students from Whitney Middle School could hear what was happening during the simulated rescue and recovery operation at Walling Bend Park on Whitney Lake....
Photo by Edward Rivera | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District | 04.29.2014
Whitney Lake Park Ranger Tennille Hammonds provides a safety brief to Armando Montes and fellow students and parents from Whitney Middle School April 29 at Walling Bend Park on Whitney Lake during the pre-filming portion of Forever 15: Tragedy on the Water, a water safety program created by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers....
