rescue attempt

Baggs Search and Rescue originally went out to save one person in last week's winter storm. They ended up rescuing 11 and brought them to The Cowboy Inn at 2 AM, where the owner had coffee and ham sandwiches waiting for them.

"As soon as I saw it start separating, I yelled at everybody, trying to tell everybody to get off the ice," Jay Fountain told K2 Radio News. "At that point, it had been like, maybe three minutes and it was already way too far. Nobody could get off."

The un-named deputy made a harrowing rescue on Sunday, October 3rd when he rescued a passenger from a vehicle that was submerged in water.