During the parade, Canton Rescue Squad and Pyrites First Responders were dispatched to a report of a missing person on CR 21 in Pyrites towards Hermon. Upon arrival, Assistant Chief Bob Crowe established command and began coordinating personnel from Pyrites FD and Canton FD. The subject had been in conctact with the St. Lawrence County 911 Center by cell phone but was unaware of his location. New York State Police and St. Lawrence County Sheriff's also assisted in the search. The individual was located by the crew of A-131 after they noticed tire tracks leading into the woods. The patient was found laying next to his heavly damaged Jeep, having been ejected from his vehicle which. The patient had apparently been injured in the accident sometime the previous evening and had laid on the ground for nearly 20 hours. Assistant Chief Crowe requested additional resources from Canton Fire to assist the amblance crew and the first responders in packaging and removing the patient from the woods. Pyrites Fire personnel used chainsaws to clear a path out of the woods so the patient could be moved safely. The patient, suffering multiple traumatic injuries, was immobilized and carried out of the woods to the waiting ambulance and was transported to Canton Potsdam Hospital.
