Santeetlah – Graham County Fire and Rescue members – along with U.S. Forest Service employees – responded to a medical emergency inside the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest around 11:30 a.m., May 20.
Doris Neuman – 67 of Louisville, Ky. – was hiking the Memorial Loop Trail when she suffered a seizure. Graham County Rescue Squad Commander Jeff Millsaps reached Neuman shortly after noon to find that she had partially recovered from her episode.
She declined further medical treatment by on-site personnel.