Nome Search and Rescue Finds Missing Man

Nome Search and Rescue finds missing man

By Anna Lionas After more than 24 hours of searching, the Nome Volunteer Fire Department Search and Rescue team found Dexter Irrigoo, 67, on Monday afternoon at the base of Gold Hill and transported him to Norton Sound Regional Hospital. Irrigoo, who has dementia, was first reported missing Sunday morning around 8 a.m., seen leaving the NSHC East patient hostel and traveling on foot. The NFVD was alerted around 11 a.m. and went into action rig…

Inside the search efforts for Nome missing person - KNOM Radio Mission

Nome Search and Rescue crews said 67 year-old Dexter Irrigoo was hospitalized after being found alive on Monday afternoon (6/2), following more than a 24-hour search. Nome Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) coordinated the search and rescue. NVFD Chief, Jim West, Jr., said, “He [Irrigoo] was loaded up and brought to the ER. He was alive, the condition of him was, you know, critical, but he was alive.” West said SAR learned from this situation. The…