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Title: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: bigtex on July 02, 2014, 03:49:49 PM: Bill Fitzpatrick was the National Park Service District Law Enforcement supervisor (District Ranger) for the Lake Chelan Natl Recreation Area for many years until he retired a couple years ago. Fitzpatrick thrusted himself into a different type of law enforcement, hunting for poachers in Africa.

Fitzpatrick was a pilot and his Cessna crashed last week in Central Africa while en-route from Nigeria to Cameroon.

As part of Fitzpatrick's salary he was given three round trip tickets to Wenatchee each year to visit with his wife and their teenage daughter.

North Cascades National Park (WA)
Retired Ranger Bill Fitzpatrick Killed In Plane Crash

Bill Fitzpatrick, retired NPS ranger and former district ranger at Stehekin in North Cascades, died in a plane crash in Africa early last week.

An intensive search was launched on June 23rd when Fitzpatrick, who was flying a Cessna 172 for African Parks, an NGO that helps manage parks in Africa, failed to arrive as scheduled in Doula, the capital of Cameroon, after taking off from Kano in Nigeria late that afternoon.

Cameroon and US authorities, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, were all involved in the search. The plane was eventually found; Fitzpatrick did not survive the crash.
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: KFhunter on July 02, 2014, 04:14:15 PM: RIP
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: smittyJ on July 02, 2014, 06:39:20 PM: RIP!
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: Romulus1297 on July 02, 2014, 08:46:45 PM: That's awfully sad.
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: GrainfedMuley on July 03, 2014, 03:08:35 AM: He left doing what he loved............RIP
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Post by: Bordercop on July 03, 2014, 01:33:43 PM: RIP God Bless
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: Windwalker on July 03, 2014, 09:59:03 PM: RIP
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Post by: Bean Counter on July 03, 2014, 10:14:27 PM: :salute: Godspeed
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: Romulus1297 on July 03, 2014, 10:29:12 PM: He has 1 little boy in grade school, 1 boy in middle school and 1 daughter who will be a senior. So sad.
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: MLBowhunting on July 03, 2014, 11:19:44 PM: Prayers sent to the family.
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Post by: Romulus1297 on July 16, 2014, 09:39:41 PM: He still has not been found.
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: Special T on July 16, 2014, 10:22:16 PM: :'(
Title: Re: Retired NPS-Chelan LEO Killed Hunting Poachers in Africa
Post by: Romulus1297 on April 15, 2015, 11:28:48 PM: Local you g hu ters have fou d a pla e that matches the description of his. With the remains of 1 perso . :'( This computer is still missing letters sometimes. :'(