MARYLAND STATE TROOPER
DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
In a blinding blizzard, Sgt. Hunter and a party of 14 other men were taking food to stranded citizens on Tangier Island. They became trapped in the blizzard and Sgt. Hunter perished.
Sgt. Hunter was survived by his wife & 3 children.
One member of a rescue party taking food to marooned Tanger islanders was frozen to death and six others found suffering from exposure, a report today to coast guard headquarters here said. Sgt. Wilbert V. Hunter, 32, of the Maryland State Police, was frozen to death when he and others became lost in a blizzard on Chesapeake bay for several hours last night. The party left Crisfield, Md., yesterday afternoon and was attempting to pull two sleds loaded with 2,000 pounds of food and medical supplies across the ice that has locked the bay for several days.
When the party failed to appear rescue squads were sent out from the coast guard cutter Travis, anchored off the island after clearing a channel. Their efforts were hampered by snow and severe cold. Finally, near midnight, a group from the Travis found the party struggling feebly through the snow drifts. Sergt. Hunter was found in a snow bank into which he had stumbled and died of exposure.
HE IS HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 38E LINE 012.
WE HONOR HIS MEMORY SO HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN
DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
In a blinding blizzard, Sgt. Hunter and a party of 14 other men were taking food to stranded citizens on Tangier Island. They became trapped in the blizzard and Sgt. Hunter perished.
Sgt. Hunter was survived by his wife & 3 children.
One member of a rescue party taking food to marooned Tanger islanders was frozen to death and six others found suffering from exposure, a report today to coast guard headquarters here said. Sgt. Wilbert V. Hunter, 32, of the Maryland State Police, was frozen to death when he and others became lost in a blizzard on Chesapeake bay for several hours last night. The party left Crisfield, Md., yesterday afternoon and was attempting to pull two sleds loaded with 2,000 pounds of food and medical supplies across the ice that has locked the bay for several days.
When the party failed to appear rescue squads were sent out from the coast guard cutter Travis, anchored off the island after clearing a channel. Their efforts were hampered by snow and severe cold. Finally, near midnight, a group from the Travis found the party struggling feebly through the snow drifts. Sergt. Hunter was found in a snow bank into which he had stumbled and died of exposure.
HE IS HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 38E LINE 012.
WE HONOR HIS MEMORY SO HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN
MARYLAND STATE TROOPER
DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
In a blinding blizzard, Sgt. Hunter and a party of 14 other men were taking food to stranded citizens on Tangier Island. They became trapped in the blizzard and Sgt. Hunter perished.
Sgt. Hunter was survived by his wife & 3 children.
One member of a rescue party taking food to marooned Tanger islanders was frozen to death and six others found suffering from exposure, a report today to coast guard headquarters here said. Sgt. Wilbert V. Hunter, 32, of the Maryland State Police, was frozen to death when he and others became lost in a blizzard on Chesapeake bay for several hours last night. The party left Crisfield, Md., yesterday afternoon and was attempting to pull two sleds loaded with 2,000 pounds of food and medical supplies across the ice that has locked the bay for several days.
When the party failed to appear rescue squads were sent out from the coast guard cutter Travis, anchored off the island after clearing a channel. Their efforts were hampered by snow and severe cold. Finally, near midnight, a group from the Travis found the party struggling feebly through the snow drifts. Sergt. Hunter was found in a snow bank into which he had stumbled and died of exposure.
HE IS HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 38E LINE 012.
WE HONOR HIS MEMORY SO HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN
DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
In a blinding blizzard, Sgt. Hunter and a party of 14 other men were taking food to stranded citizens on Tangier Island. They became trapped in the blizzard and Sgt. Hunter perished.
Sgt. Hunter was survived by his wife & 3 children.
One member of a rescue party taking food to marooned Tanger islanders was frozen to death and six others found suffering from exposure, a report today to coast guard headquarters here said. Sgt. Wilbert V. Hunter, 32, of the Maryland State Police, was frozen to death when he and others became lost in a blizzard on Chesapeake bay for several hours last night. The party left Crisfield, Md., yesterday afternoon and was attempting to pull two sleds loaded with 2,000 pounds of food and medical supplies across the ice that has locked the bay for several days.
When the party failed to appear rescue squads were sent out from the coast guard cutter Travis, anchored off the island after clearing a channel. Their efforts were hampered by snow and severe cold. Finally, near midnight, a group from the Travis found the party struggling feebly through the snow drifts. Sergt. Hunter was found in a snow bank into which he had stumbled and died of exposure.
HE IS HONORED ON THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL WALL PANEL 38E LINE 012.
WE HONOR HIS MEMORY SO HE IS NEVER FORGOTTEN
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