{"id":98741,"date":"2023-09-11T16:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98741"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T16:37:20","slug":"mountain-rescuer-who-fell-500ft-while-trying-to-help-two-campers-breaking-covid-rules-dies-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/mountain-rescuer-who-fell-500ft-while-trying-to-help-two-campers-breaking-covid-rules-dies-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain rescuer who fell 500ft while trying to help two campers breaking Covid rules dies | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A HEROIC mountain rescue worker has died from his injuries after he plunged 500ft while trying to save two campers breaking Covid rules.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Lewis, 62, and other volunteers had been called out when the pair of wild campers got into trouble in the Lake District back in February 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2021-battled-help-save-two-844146419.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2021-battled-help-save-two-844146448.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-496.png\"><\/p>\n<p>The pair had travelled hundreds of miles in breach of lockdown restrictions and then called 999 in the middle of the night when one suffered chest pains.<\/p>\n<p>But Chris was left in a wheelchair after he slipped and fell while trying to reach the law-breaking men above the Kirkstone Pass near Amberside.<\/p>\n<p>The retired engineer was rushed to hospital with multiple facial fractures and damage to his spinal cord.<\/p>\n<p>Brave Chris has now died after being admitted to hospital with a chest infection and pneumonia on September 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