Wes Coffey
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
The ranger inside was asleep.
I woke him up by pounding on his window.
He took one look at Cole and got on the radio.
A helicopter came for Cole an hour later.
They flew him to Great Falls.
He was in the ICU for six days.
He lost the eye.
He got 63 stitches in his face.
He has nerve damage on the right side that will never fully heal.
He lived.
That's the important thing.
He lived.
I told the sheriff's deputy everything.
He listened.
He took notes.
He asked me to come to the station the next day and make a formal statement.
I did.
He sent a team into the basin with another ranger and a couple of sheriff's deputies.
They went to the clearing where we'd found the gut pile.
The gut pile was gone.