In memory of
Bruce Wesley Harrolle
2008
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- October 13, 2008, aged 36
Their life
Officer/Paramedic Bruce Harrolle was killed while performing a rescue of two stranded hikers.
At about 2:40 p.m. the Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue Ranger Helicopter, based in Flagstaff, responded to a request from the Sedona Fire Department and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office to assist with a search and rescue mission of two stranded and dehydrated hikers on Bear Mountain in the Bell Rock area. At about 3:18 p.m., Officer/Paramedic Harolle had loaded one hiker and was escorting the second patient into the helicopter when he was struck by the helicopter's rotor blades and fatally injured.
Both hikers were flown to safety.
Officer/Paramedic Harrolle had served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety for nine years.
At about 2:40 p.m. the Arizona Department of Public Safety Air Rescue Ranger Helicopter, based in Flagstaff, responded to a request from the Sedona Fire Department and the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office to assist with a search and rescue mission of two stranded and dehydrated hikers on Bear Mountain in the Bell Rock area. At about 3:18 p.m., Officer/Paramedic Harolle had loaded one hiker and was escorting the second patient into the helicopter when he was struck by the helicopter's rotor blades and fatally injured.
Officer/Paramedic Harrolle had served with the Arizona Department of Public Safety for nine years.
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He is survived by his wife, two young children, and parents.
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