San Diego, CA
San Diego ER nurse survives helicopter crash during the Baja 500
Katie Lowe survived a helicopter crash during the popular off-roading race in Mexico called the Baja 500.
Lowe was flying in the chase helicopter when it crashed during a refueling incident.
Katie is deeply grateful everyone survived and for everyone who helped them along the way.
As a team air medic for the Baja 500 race, Katie Lowe never thought her crew would be in need of medical assistance.
“Unfortunately, we were the ones that got injured,” Katie Lowe said.
“There were strong winds,” Edwin Lopez who witnessed the crash said. “I believe that played a huge factor in them spinning.”
Edward Lopez runs the helicopter fueling base. He watched from the ground as the disaster unfolded.
“They just went up in the air again and that’s when we noticed the spinning going on and them hitting the ground,” Lopez said.
Katie said as the helicopter was swept up, she looked to brace herself.
“I just have never felt that before, not knowing whether or not I was going to live or die so it was pretty scary and I’m just grateful to be alive.” Katie said. “I felt like I couldn’t take a deep breath because or catch my breath because every breath I took was so severe.”
Lopez remembers the helicopter crashing to the ground and rolling over. Upon seeing the pilot bleeding from his head, she said her medical instincts kicked in.
“But once I clicked out, I landed on my hands and knees and I went to try to go over towards him and the pain in my back was just so severe,” Katie said.
“As that’s happening, we’re already running towards them,” Edward Lopez said.
Lopez was among the rescue team that pulled them to safety.
Once they turned off the engine, they pulled both of them out of the helicopter. Katie and the pilot were both flown back to Brownfield Airport where her husband Mike was waiting for her.
“We’re incredibly grateful for everything that everyone did to take care of her and get her home,” Lowe said.
Katie sustained compression fractures to her T7 and T8 vertebrae, along with a rotator cuff tear, and a labrum tear.
The pilot also sustained a laceration in his forehead and a broken nose.
Katie said they’ve been checking in on each other every day.
“I just feel lucky to be alive,” Lowe said.
Katie said the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Katie said she’s overwhelmed with the love and support she’s received from friends and the community.
Now she’s focused on getting an adjustable bed to begin her road to recovery and she said any help from the community would be much appreciated.
San Diego, CA
Coast Guard intercepts 17 suspected migrants off San Diego coast
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The crew of the Coast Guard Forrest Rednour caught 17 suspected migrants aboard a panga-style vessel about 10 miles off Sunset Cliffs Sunday.
At around 1:18 a.m., the Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center watch standers received notification from a Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento HC-130 Hercules aircrew of a vessel near the southwest of Point Loma.
The team found 17 suspected migrants abroad, claiming Mexican nationality and one unaccompanied minor claiming Guatemalan nationality.
They were later transferred to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations for transport to Ballast Point, where they were taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody.
San Diego, CA
Dog Beach visit sends San Diego pup to emergency hospital with meth exposure
OCEAN BEACH, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego man is warning other dog owners after a recent trip to Dog Beach landed his pup in the emergency room with meth exposure.
Luckily, that pup is doing just fine now, but only after being rushed to the hospital, where his owner spent around $1,000 in vet bills.
“It was like a 30-hour ordeal. He had sedatives seven times and even on sedatives, he is just going crazy. He had to be held down,” said Justin Voeller.
It’s a day at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach Voeller will never forget. For his four-legged friend, Angus, it could’ve ended his life.
Late Tuesday morning, the 8-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was doing what he always does at Dog Beach — playing by the water. Then a quick dash towards the dunes.
“When we got him, he was sniffing some feces, so we grabbed him away from that. Took him home everything seemed fine at first,” said Voeller.
Angus’ pupils were dilated and he couldn’t hold still so Voeller rushed him to the ER.
“He already had a fever of almost 107, and they said that they were worried that he was going to get so hot that he would fry his little brain,” said Voeller as he described the ordeal.
Then a drug test proved his suspicion. “He tested positive for methamphetamine,” said Voeller.
Dr. Danielle Clem with the San Diego Humane Society said quick action offers the best chance of survival. “Some of these symptoms can progress to death, and so that would be the ultimate consequence, but they could even cause permanent damage. These drugs can sometimes affect the nervous system, the heart,” she said.
Clem added that while it’s not something they see often, it’s not unheard of, and while immediate medical care is best, some overdose reversal medications are safe.
“Narcan is effective in dogs just as it is in humans, but depending on the toxin, it may not be effective,” said Clem.
Meanwhile, Voeller wants other dog owners to be alert after seeing social media chatter of a similar incident the same day.
“I saw the post though on OB Social and that’s how I knew someone else was dealing with it so that makes us want to stay away for a while,” said Voeller.
He also noticed something else in the comments he believes deserves attention.
“Over 300 comments, and I think a lot of the angst was directed at the unhoused population here, which is unfortunate. There’s so many times when people want and need help and they’re turned away because there’s no available place for them at the time so it’s something that the city needs to address,” said Voeller.
Clem said pet owners can help keep animals safe by staying aware of their surroundings, keeping dogs leashed and reinforcing training.
San Diego, CA
Griffin Canning lets game get away early as Padres start trip with loss to Orioles
BALTIMORE — The Padres scored right away and repeatedly on Friday night, but the Orioles just did better against the wild starting pitcher they faced.
Griffin Canning’s command showed up late and appeared only briefly at Camden Yards, and the Orioles scored three runs in each of the first two innings on their way to a 7-3 victory.
“Any time you get seven runs as a starter,” Orioles starter Shane Baz said, “the world is your oyster.”
It can’t be said the Padres never had a chance, despite being down 6-2 early.
They stranded runners at second and third base in each of the first two innings and another in the third and finished 4-for-14 with runners in scoring position en route to dropping the opener of a nine-game trip.
“We tried to battle there,” Manny Machado said. “We could have (stayed) in the game a little longer if we had scored a couple runs there when we had an opportunity, and we didn’t.”
What can be asserted is that it was a minor miracle both starting pitchers completed five innings.
Between them, Canning and Baz threw 196 pitches before they were lifted at the start of the sixth.
The Orioles just did far more with Canning’s inability to locate many of his 93 offerings.
“Just not very good,” Canning said. “… It doesn’t feel good right now.”
The seven earned runs Canning allowed were second most he had ever surrendered in 118 career starts.
Four of the five walks he issued and five of the six hits he allowed came in the first two innings.
The Padres took an immediate 1-0 lead, thanks in large part to Orioles third baseman Coby Mayo being unable to handle a routine grounder by Fernando Tatis Jr., who stole second base, went to third on Xander Bogaerts’ infield single dribbled up the first base line and scored on Gavin Sheets’ double.
Canning would throw 10 strikes among his 21 pitches in the bottom of the first. One of the pitches he put over the plate was hit 105 mph on a line and another was his 389 feet to the seats.
The inning began with walk to Taylor Ward, who went to third on Gunnar Henderson‘s hard single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Adley Rutschman.
Canning then made his best throw of the inning when he stepped off the rubber and got the ball to Tatis at second base to get Henderson attempting to steal for the second out.
But Canning went back to throwing balls to Pete Alonso, who drew a four-pitch walk before Samuel Basallo launched a changeup left in the heart of the strike zone well beyond the wall in right-center field to put the Orioles up 3-1.
Baz’s wildness helped the Padres to a run in the second.
Ty France took a pitch off his elbow guard, and Will Wagner drew a four-pitch walk to start the inning before Freddy Fermin’s fly ball moved France to third. Tatis followed with a single that scored France. Both runners moved up on Jackson Merrill’s groundout before Machado grounded out softly in front of the plate.
Canning began the second by walking Colton Cowser before Tyler O’Neill looped a single into center field, moving Cowser to third. He scored from there on Jackson Holliday’s sacrifice fly.
Canning struck out Ward for the second out before Henderson hit a grounder at 104 mph back up the middle that almost certainly would have resulted in a double play had Canning not slowed it with his glove. Henderson’s infield single was followed by Canning’s fourth walk and a two-run single by Alonso that got just under Machado’s glove and into left field.
Bogaerts walked to start the third inning, and he reached second on Samad Taylor’s one-out single before a strikeout by France and groundout by Wagner made the Padres 2-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
Two half-innings in which no one reached base ensued, and Canning was an out from getting through a second consecutive scoreless inning when he left a sinker up and on the inner third of the plate, about where every left-handed hitter with any power loves to see pitches. And Henderson, who does have some power, hit his 14th home run of the season to extend the Orioles’ lead to 7-2.
The Padres succeeded in getting Baz to throw a lot of pitches in the first three innings. But he got through the fourth in 12 pitches to bring his total to 86. And he finished five innings after Machado’s lead-off double and a one-out single by Sheets got the Padres their third run.
Canning followed a walk of Alonso with a double-play grounder and a strikeout to finish his night.
Wandy Peralta and David Morgan kept the deficit where it was, but four Orioles relievers worked a scoreless inning apiece.
Really, though, this one was lost at the beginning.
“To keep momentum going, you’ve got to get off to a good start, and we just got off to a bad start,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said. “We scored a run, but then you don’t have a shutdown inning and give up three, and that puts us behind the eight ball. We score another one. We’re right back in the game and then give up another three-spot. Just tough for us to keep the positive attitude and the momentum going on our end.”
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