Muddy Rescue--Mt. St. Helens

George Wedding

San Jose Mercury News

Logger Jose Diaz was working about seven miles from the Mt. St. Helens summit. He survived the eruption and devastating shock waves that felled trees for miles around him. Eight hours later a National Guard helicopter crew plucked him off a log in the middle of a mudflow. Diaz, severely burned and in shock, was rushed to a hospital. He died two weeks later.

George Wedding, "Muddy Rescue--Mt. St. Helens," in POYi Archive, Item #10306, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10306 (accessed April 20, 2025).