{"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":"
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
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
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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
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
The retired engineer was rushed to hospital with multiple facial fractures and damage to his spinal cord.<\/p>\n
Brave Chris has now died after being admitted to hospital with a chest infection and pneumonia on September 2.<\/p>\n
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Moving tributes were paid today to the self-sacrifice that saw Chris damage his spinal cord, knowing he would never walk again.<\/p>\n
Patterdale Mountain Rescue team leader Mike Rippon said: "He was a lovely, genuine person and it is a very sad loss.<\/p>\n
"He was very knowledgeable and was a great person to have around in the team.<\/p>\n
"His expertise and companionship was brilliant for new team members."<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Despite his terrible injuries, Chris continued to support mountain rescue teams in the Lakes and, in March, received the Inspiring Eden Award for his bravery and service to the community.<\/p>\n Mr Rippon said Chris had remained a trustee, still came to meetings, and was very keen to be back on board and to make the best of things".<\/p>\n He said: "Chris was keen to continue putting as much back into this voluntary rescue service as he possibly could."<\/p>\n The chairman of the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association, Richard Warren described Chris as a "fantastic guy".<\/p>\n He said that after he was airlifted to accident and emergency, the first thing he asked was how the rescued campers were.<\/p>\n Some members of the MRT had just reached the pair after midnight when Mr Lewis slipped.<\/p>\n The temperature was little above freezing and it was sleeting, members of the team said at the time.<\/p>\n A fund-raiser was launched to help Chris, who suffered multiple facial fractures and damaged his spinal cord during the fall. <\/p>\n Thousands of people donated and it raised over \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n The campers, from Liverpool and Leicester, were fined \u00a3200 each.<\/p>\n<\/picture>SOAP WEDDING <\/span><\/p>\n
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