Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Warden Austin Schumacher is being hailed for using old-school backwoods skills to rescue a boy lost in a freezing swamp.
In this March 5, 2020 photo, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Warden Austin Schumacher stands on the edge of a marsh in Edgerton, Wis., where a 13-year-old boy disappeared after running away from school in November 2019. Schumacher used old-school tracking skills to find and rescue the child moments before a snowstorm struck. This month, Schumacher received the DNR’s Lifesaving Award.
He spent two months training in the backwoods of northern Wisconsin, learning to track people in the wilderness without the aid of technology. He put on his hip waders, followed the path into the swamp and came to Saunders Creek, a roiling 20-foot-wide stream clogged with deadfalls. He moved north up the streambank, searching for a spot where the boy might have crossed. Eventually he discovered shoeprints in the mud and marks on the far bank. This was where the boy had crossed.
He came to a series of retention ponds and his heart sank. He poked along their edges, praying he wouldn’t find the boy’s body. None of the other searchers were faring any better; radio traffic noted that a search boat had run into some trees.Overhead, a sheriff’s drone broadcast the voices of the boy’s parents.Galvanized, Schumacher pushed on. He reached the edge of swamp and stood looking out at a tree line bordering a bean field. He caught a flash of maroon.
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