Posted on 09/25/2021 8:52:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Navy Hospital Corpsman died in a hiking accident in Big Sur on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office said the victim was 22-year-old Marie Denea Ishie of San Diego.
Advertisement She died after falling 80 feet down a slope in a restricted area near McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, deputies said.
Ishie was a Hospital Corpsman, the U.S. Navy confirmed Saturday.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of Hospital Corpsman Marie Ishie," said Captain Kimberly Davis, the commanding officer of the Naval Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego. "She was a rising star within our Navy Medicine family."
The sheriff's office said there is nothing suspicious about Ishie's death and has ruled out suicide.
Sad indeed. I took a year off to live in Big Sur. Terrific, gorgeous place populated with the most independent people I ever met. The best job in town was working for the highway crew, as the road was always falling into the ocean, 500-feet down.
Went there a few years ago and thought those cliffs looked frightening, they are so high and there are areas where you can fall right over.
Just 500 feet. It doesn’t need a hyphen.
she was a rising star
more like a falling star w/r/t Norm McD, RIP
Selficide?
A shame, I hope her family can deal with this....
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