Grief for Sami B. - fatal crash of a popular hut business!

Grief for Sami B. - fatal crash of a popular hut business!

A tragic incident shakes the mountain rescue in Lower Austria: Sami B. (54), a popular hut owner and passionate mountain rescuer, died in a crash on the Rax. On Tuesday evening, a missing person report was submitted around 8:10 p.m. A large -scale use with over 20 mountain residues, the alpine police and search dogs immediately started. Despite the difficult conditions through snow and ice, as well as the activity of drones, the rescuers had to interrupt the search at 2:30 a.m. before they continued on Wednesday morning at sunrise, such as reported.

The search teams returned with new forces to search the Rax site thoroughly. At 8:20 a.m., the lifeless person was finally discovered below the southern rock offs of the Rax plateau. A mountain team had to do without the landing of the police helicopter "Libelle" due to dense fog swaths and rose to the scene of the accident adventurously. Unfortunately, only the death of Sami B. was found there, which had fallen over 35 meters above rocks and snow-covered terrain, such as Kurier.at reported.

a loss for the community

His colleagues were shaken and expressed their condolences: "We lose a person with a big heart." Sami B. volunteered over 15 years in mountain rescue and was an estimated helper in numerous missions and emergencies. The grief for the late comrades becomes clear in the entire mountain rescue organization, which thanks for his great merits. The search lasted over 16 hours and ended tragically without the hoped -for Christmas miracle.