WINONA, Minn. — A rescue team carried a drunk and unconscious man 80 yards to safety through wooded area near the Mississippi River spillway on Prairie Island. The man was taken six miles to the Winona hospital for possible injuries and his inebriated state. This was about 10:20 p.m. A caller had said only that the man was “behind the spillway.” He was located 50 yards through woods. The rescuers, from the Fire Department, called the station house to drive out with a basket stretcher. Although the man was only 50 yards frm the nearest vehicle access, the rescuers carried rhe stretcher 80 yards out and back to avoid the hazards of negotiating the spillway’s large rip rap in the dark.
