Man hurt in fall off swing over Vickery Creek
For the second time in a week, a man had to be rescued from a Roswell creek popular with teens and young adults.
Colin McMackin, 22, said he and his friend Travis Gaddy, both of Marietta, were swinging off a rope at the Vickery Creek waterfall when Gaddy slipped and fell some 10 to 15 feet, landing on his face.
Gaddy escaped with a broken nose, McMackin said.
Last Monday’s victim fell twice as far while trying to walk across the waterfall. He landed on his tailbone but escaped serious injury.
“We’ve performed several rescues there (at Vickery Creek),” said Paul Piccirilli, spokesman for the Roswell Fire Department.
Firefighters used a Stokes basket with a flotation device to get Gaddy ashore -- just as they did during last week’s rescue. McMackin said his friend was initially unconscious but is expected to recover fully.
In response to these two latest incidents, the U.S. National Park Service is cutting down the large tree limb where the rope swing was knotted, Piccirilli said.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
