Saturday, July 31, 2004

Disaster draws 10 ambulances from 4 communities
Mission Ambulance Assists Polson at Golden Horseshoe Disaster

St. Ignatius EMT Shelley Frame interviews one of the people who was on the balcony that collapsed.

Mission Ambulance was called in to assist Polson when the balcony at the Golden Horseshoe near Polson collapsed, injuring dozens of people. Other agencies responding included Polson (3 ambulances), Ronan (3 ambulances) and Bigfork (2 ambulances). Alert helicopter from Kalispell and Life Flight from Missoula also responded.

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